wotc
If you don't pay the cumulative upkeep, you'll sacrifice Wave of Terror before your draw step begins. It won't destroy any creatures that turn.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #86
Wave of Terror
wth·#86·rare·nonfoil
Illus. Adrian Smith
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for trade
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wishlisted
Jun 1997
29 yr ago
Value
$1.85$0 (-1.2%)
30 days high $0.88 · low $0.85
Volatility · stable
EUR€1.21USD$0.85TIX0.03 tix
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #28,527 · Fringe play
Variants
Gameplay
Enchantment
Cumulative upkeep {1} (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
At the beginning of your draw step, destroy each creature with mana value equal to the number of age counters on this enchantment. They can't be regenerated.
The sea of fear has endless depths.
Legalities
tlrlegal
duellegal
brawlnot legal
pennynot legal
PreDH
Rulings · 3
wotc
This destroys creatures with mana value exactly equal to the appropriate number, not equal to or less than that number.
wotc
Will not generally kill zero cost creatures because the age counters go on before the ability triggers. If would be possible if something like Power Conduit were removing counters.
Context
Last observed at $0.85, down from $0.86 thirty days ago. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $1.11 across 33 observations. Headline volatility reads stable. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
Last observed on Scryfall 18 hours ago at $0.85.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from WTH — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
This card belongs to *Weatherlight* (released June 1997).
Card #86 in Weatherlight.
Rarity tier: rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters.
Card type: Enchantment. Color identity: black. Mana cost: {2}{B} (3 converted). Keyword abilities: Cumulative upkeep.
Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander. This printing is on Wizards of the Coast's Reserved List — Wizards has committed never to reprint cards on that list, which underwrites a structural scarcity floor on every surviving copy.
EDHrec ranks this card #28,527 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Adrian Smith. Rarix tracks 71 other cards credited to this artist across the catalog — browse the full gallery to see the body of work.
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