Wave of Terror
Enchantment
Cumulative upkeep 
(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.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Weatherlight
- Price
- $0.85
- EDHREC rank
- #28493
Wave of Terror wipes the board of every creature with toughness equal to or less than the current chapter number — a scaling Wrath that gets more devastating each turn it sits in play. The cost is real: three chapters means three full turns of vulnerability before it nukes anything above toughness 3, giving opponents a window to race or answer it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Wave of Terror is most interesting, because the three-turn countdown plays out across meaningful game time and political pressure can keep opponents from attacking the Saga's controller. Legacy and Vintage are legal homes on paper, but neither format has the patience for a three-turn board wipe that broadcasts itself; fast combo and efficient interaction make it unplayable there in practice. Oathbreaker is a closer fit than Legacy — slower tables, more permanents worth wiping — but the one-turn-faster Oathbreaker clock still punishes slow payoffs.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.85 bulk tier
At $0.85, Wave of Terror sits at the high end of bulk — cheap enough to slot in on a whim, not quite a throw-in. Demand is niche enough that the price is unlikely to climb without a reprint or sudden Commander popularity spike.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.