Wave-Wing Elemental
Creature — Elemental
Flying
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, this creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #24445
Wave-Wing Elemental lands as a 4/4 flyer that grows whenever you play a land — straightforward, scalable, and zero setup required. Six mana is a real ask, but in landfall decks that are already flooding the board with land drops, the stat line justifies the slot.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Wave-Wing Elemental is a Pauper-legal common, and that's where it's most relevant — landfall synergies at common rarity are limited enough that a repeatable, evasive threat earns a look in dedicated shells. In Commander, it sits in the long tail of landfall payoffs behind more explosive options, but budget Aesi or Tatyova builds that want to go wide on flyers can slot it in without spending anything. Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, and Vintage have no interest — six mana for a vanilla-adjacent creature doesn't compete in any of those environments.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Wave-Wing Elemental is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not the card. That price holds because demand is narrow and supply is abundant; don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.