Waker of Waves
Creature — Whale
Creatures your opponents control get -1/-0.
, Discard this card: Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the other into your graveyard.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart
- Price
- $0.29
- EDHREC rank
- #15271
Waker of Waves lands as a 8/8 with ward 2 for seven mana — that's a legitimate threat — but the real reason to run it is the looting ability on the front half, which lets you pitch it to the graveyard at instant speed for a single blue mana. Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists and any commander that cares about large creatures in the bin will take that trade every time.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists
Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists wants the biggest creatures possible in the graveyard to trigger their dig mechanic, and Waker of Waves delivers an 8/8 there for one blue mana while replacing itself in hand — that efficiency is exactly why it shows up in nearly 30% of Ellie and Alan lists.
Runo Stromkirk
Runo Stromkirk flips by revealing a creature with power 6 or greater from the top of the library, and Waker of Waves both qualifies at 8/8 and stocks the graveyard with exactly the sea-monster density Runo needs — it's doing double duty in that shell.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Waker of Waves is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but outside Commander it sees essentially no play. In Modern and Pioneer the seven-mana body is too slow, and the loot effect — while clean — doesn't generate the kind of board impact those formats demand at that cost. Commander is where it lives: graveyard-matters and big-creature strategies get full mileage out of the instant-speed self-mill, and the threat mode is real enough that opponents have to respect the ward 2.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.29 bulk tier
At $0.29, Waker of Waves is bulk, and that price reflects its narrow home in Commander graveyard strategies rather than any broad demand. It's a stable bulk rare — don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists
- Runo Stromkirk
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.