Warping Wail
Oath of the Gatewatch 12 • uncommon
- Set
- Oath of the Gatewatch
- Collector number
- 12
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana colorless mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Jason Felix
- Market price
- $0.39
What it does
(colorless mana represents colorless mana.)
Choose one —
• Exile target creature with power or toughness 1 or less.
• Counter target sorcery spell.
• Create a 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature token. It has "Sacrifice this token: Add colorless mana."
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Warping Wail was introduced in the Oath of the Gatewatch set, released by Wizards of the Coast in January 2016. As a colorless instant, it was designed to serve as a versatile utility spell for decks utilizing the then-new Wastes mana mechanic. Its development was focused on providing players with a multifaceted tool capable of exiling small creatures, countering sorceries, or creating temporary Eldrazi scion tokens, reflecting the reality-bending nature of the Eldrazi invasion storyline.
The artwork for Warping Wail was created by Chase Stone, who has contributed extensively to the Magic: The Gathering visual identity. Stone aimed to capture the unsettling, ethereal distortion associated with the Eldrazi, using muted purples and jagged, abstract geometries to convey the warping of space. The card was well-received by the competitive community for its flexibility, becoming a staple in various formats where colorless mana sources are readily available.
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