Genesis Wave
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SetPFDN
Collector #221s
Released2024-11-15
Rarityrare
ArtistArif Wijaya
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesPromo · Reprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

Genesis Wave

RareColour IDMV 3
Sorcery
Reveal the top X cards of your library. You may put any number of permanent cards with mana value X or less from among them onto the battlefield. Then put all cards revealed this way that weren't put onto the battlefield into your graveyard.
Card capabilities
Sorcery
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
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Rulings (6)
wotc8 Nov 2024
If you have fewer than X cards in your library, you reveal all of them.
wotc8 Nov 2024
All of the permanents put onto the battlefield this way enter at the same time. If any have triggered abilities that trigger on something else entering, they'll see each other.
wotc8 Nov 2024
You don't have to put permanent cards revealed this way onto the battlefield if you choose not to, regardless of their mana values.
wotc8 Nov 2024
If a permanent card in your library has no mana symbols in its upper right corner (because it's a land card, for example), its mana value is 0. Such cards can always be put onto the battlefield with Genesis Wave.
wotc8 Nov 2024
A permanent card is an artifact, battle, creature, enchantment, land, or planeswalker card.
wotc8 Nov 2024
If a card in a player's library has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.