The Water Crystal
FINFinal Fantasy/#333/2025RareBorderless
Colour IDMV 4
Current paper retail
Card Kingdom$12.99
Cardmarket€5.25
ManaPool$7.74
TCGplayer$9.20
Buylist (dealers pay)
Card Kingdom$7.50
MTGO (Cardhoarder)
retail$0.02 tix
Paper retail history (USD)
3 providers
Latest $12.99High $12.99Low $9.49▲ 30.0%
Market and collecting
Market overview
$9.20TCGplayer, USD, retail, nonfoil
Latest observation: 2026-11-10
7d▲ 8.4%30d▼ 2.4%90d▲ 4.2%
90d high
$10.67
90d low
$8.34
Paper printings priced
3
Currently 2nd
Cheapest paper printing
$3.86
Final Fantasy
- Down 2.4% over the last 30 days on TCGplayer.
- Currently 14% below its 90 day high of $10.67.
- This printing is the 2nd cheapest paper printing currently priced (3 priced in total).
- Foil copies of this printing carry a 25% premium over nonfoil.
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Gameplay and rules
Legendary Artifact
Blue spells you cast cost less to cast.
If an opponent would mill one or more cards, they mill that many cards plus four instead.
, : Each opponent mills cards equal to the number of cards in your hand.
Keywords
Mill
Card capabilities
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Primary formats
Eternal formats
Rulings (5)
wotc6 Jun 2025
The cost reduction applies only to generic mana in the total cost of blue spells you cast.
wotc6 Jun 2025
In the rare case where you control two of The Water Crystal, each opponent mills eight more cards than originally instructed. If you control three, your opponents mill twelve more, and so on.
wotc6 Jun 2025
If an opponent is instructed to put a card into their graveyard without using the word "mill," The Water Crystal's second ability doesn't apply.
wotc6 Jun 2025
To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as a flashback cost), add any cost increases (such as kicker costs), then apply any cost reductions (such as that of The Water Crystal's first ability). The mana value of the spell is determined by only its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast that spell was.
wotc6 Jun 2025
Some older cards have received errata to instruct a player to mill cards rather than to put the top cards of their library into their graveyard. Use the Oracle™ card reference at Gatherer.Wizards.com to determine whether a specific card has received such errata. As a rule of thumb, if an effect instructs a player to look at or reveal a card before it's put into its owner's graveyard, it's unlikely to have received errata.
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Shares Artifact, MillMV 3 vs 4
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Shares Artifact, Cost reductionMV 4 vs 4
Shares Artifact, Cost reductionMV 3 vs 4
About this card
The Water Crystal
The Water Crystal is a Legendary Artifact, with mana cost {2}{U}{U} (mana value 4). Printed 3 times across MTG sets.
Format legality: Commander: legal, Modern: legal, Standard: legal, Pioneer: legal, Legacy: legal, Pauper: not_legal.
Current headline price on TCGplayer: $9.20 (down 2.4% over 30 days).
Frequently asked
The Water Crystal FAQ
How much is The Water Crystal worth?
The current TCGplayer USD retail price for The Water Crystal is $9.20. It is down 2.4% over the last 30 days. Over 90 days it has ranged from $8.34 to $10.67.
What is the cheapest printing of The Water Crystal?
The cheapest currently priced paper printing is from Final Fantasy at $3.86 on TCGplayer.
What is the most expensive printing of The Water Crystal?
The most expensive currently priced paper printing is from Final Fantasy Promos at $13.61 on TCGplayer.
How many printings of The Water Crystal are there?
The Water Crystal has been printed 3 times in English paper sets that MTGPrices tracks.
What set was The Water Crystal first printed in?
The earliest English paper printing that MTGPrices tracks is from FIN #333, released 2025-06-13.
Is there a foil version of The Water Crystal?
Yes. On this printing, foil copies trade at $11.54 versus $9.20 for nonfoil, which is 25% more expensive on TCGplayer.
Is The Water Crystal legal in Commander?
Yes, The Water Crystal is currently legal in Commander per Scryfall's legality feed.
Is The Water Crystal legal in Modern?
Yes, The Water Crystal is currently legal in Modern per Scryfall's legality feed.







