Parallax Wave
The List NEM-17 • rare
- Set
- The List
- Collector number
- NEM-17
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana white mana white mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Greg Staples
- Market price
- $29.17
What it does
Fading 5 (This enchantment enters with five fade counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a fade counter from it. If you can't, sacrifice it.)
Remove a fade counter from this enchantment: Exile target creature.
When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, each player returns to the battlefield all cards they own exiled with it.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Parallax Wave was first released in the 2000 Nemesis expansion for Magic: The Gathering, designed by the internal team at Wizards of the Coast. It was created as part of a cycle of enchantments that utilized 'fading' counters, a mechanic intended to represent fleeting magical effects that exhaust themselves over time. The card was designed to offer players a strategic, temporary exile effect, allowing for complex interactions in board states.
The card was illustrated by Edward P. Beard Jr., whose work was a staple of the era's fantasy aesthetic. His depiction of the 'wave' sought to convey a sense of rippling, unstable arcane energy, aligning with the card's gameplay function of temporarily phasing creatures in and out of existence. While initially regarded as a niche utility piece, it eventually gained a significant reputation among competitive players for its ability to clear the board or protect creatures from removal, cementing its status as a classic piece of utility design.
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