Crashing Wave
TLAAvatar: The Last Airbender/#47/2025Uncommon
Colour IDMV 2
Current paper retail
Card Kingdom$0.35
Cardmarket€0.14
ManaPool$0.15
TCGplayer$0.26
Buylist (dealers pay)
Card Kingdom$0.01
MTGO (Cardhoarder)
retail$0.03 tix
Paper retail history (USD)
3 providers
Latest $0.35High $0.35Low $0.35▲ 0.0%
Market and collecting
Market overview
$0.26TCGplayer, USD, retail, nonfoil
Latest observation: 2026-11-10
7d▲ 8.3%30d▲ 13.0%90d▼ 3.7%
90d high
$0.27
90d low
$0.18
Paper printings priced
2
Currently 1st
Cheapest paper printing
$0.26
Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Up 13.0% over the last 30 days on TCGplayer.
- Currently 4% below its 90 day high of $0.27.
- This is the cheapest paper printing of the card currently priced (2 priced in total).
- Foil copies of this printing carry a 15% premium over nonfoil.
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Gameplay and rules
Sorcery
As an additional cost to cast this spell, waterbend . (While paying a waterbend cost, you can tap your artifacts and creatures to help. Each one pays for .)
Tap up to X target creatures, then distribute three stun counters among any number of tapped creatures your opponents control. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)
Keywords
Waterbend
Card capabilities
Sorcery
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Primary formats
Eternal formats
Rulings (7)
wotc2 Oct 2025
You decide how to distribute the stun counters as Crashing Wave resolves, and you can put the counters on any tapped creatures your opponents control, not just creatures tapped by Crashing Wave.
wotc2 Oct 2025
If a waterbend cost is part of the total cost to cast a spell or activate an ability, you may tap an untapped artifact or creature you control rather than pay one generic mana in that total cost any number of times up to a maximum of the amount of generic mana in the waterbend component of that total cost.
wotc2 Oct 2025
If an artifact or creature you control has a mana ability with {T} in the cost, activating that ability while casting a spell or activating an ability with waterbend will result in the artifact or creature being tapped before you pay the spell's costs. You won't be able to tap it again for waterbend. Similarly, if you sacrifice an artifact or creature to activate a mana ability to pay a cost with waterbend, that artifact or creature won't be on the battlefield when you pay the spell's costs, so you won't be able to tap it for waterbend.
wotc2 Oct 2025
You can tap any untapped creature or artifact you control to pay a waterbend cost, even one you haven't controlled continuously since the beginning of your most recent turn.
wotc2 Oct 2025
If all targets of Crashing Wave become illegal before it resolves, the spell will not resolve at all and you will not distribute any stun counters, even if the opponent still controls some tapped creatures.
wotc2 Oct 2025
"Waterbend [cost]" means "Pay [cost]. For each generic mana in that cost, you may tap an untapped artifact or creature you control rather than pay that mana."
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About this card
Crashing Wave
Crashing Wave is a Sorcery, with mana cost {U}{U} (mana value 2). Printed 2 times across MTG sets.
Format legality: Commander: legal, Modern: legal, Standard: legal, Pioneer: legal, Legacy: legal, Pauper: not_legal.
Current headline price on TCGplayer: $0.26 (up 13.0% over 30 days).
Frequently asked
Crashing Wave FAQ
How much is Crashing Wave worth?
The current TCGplayer USD retail price for Crashing Wave is $0.26. It is up 13.0% over the last 30 days. Over 90 days it has ranged from $0.18 to $0.27.
What is the cheapest printing of Crashing Wave?
The cheapest currently priced paper printing is from Avatar: The Last Airbender at $0.26 on TCGplayer.
What is the most expensive printing of Crashing Wave?
The most expensive currently priced paper printing is from Avatar: The Last Airbender at $0.28 on TCGplayer.
How many printings of Crashing Wave are there?
Crashing Wave has been printed 2 times in English paper sets that MTGPrices tracks.
What set was Crashing Wave first printed in?
The earliest English paper printing that MTGPrices tracks is from TLA #47, released 2025-11-21.
Is there a foil version of Crashing Wave?
Yes. On this printing, foil copies trade at $0.30 versus $0.26 for nonfoil, which is 15% more expensive on TCGplayer.
Is Crashing Wave legal in Commander?
Yes, Crashing Wave is currently legal in Commander per Scryfall's legality feed.
Is Crashing Wave legal in Modern?
Yes, Crashing Wave is currently legal in Modern per Scryfall's legality feed.