Yarok's Wavecrasher
Creature — Elemental
When this creature enters, return another creature you control to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Core Set 2020
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #26928
Yarok's Wavecrasher bounces a creature you control when it enters, which is a cost disguised as a trigger — the value only shows up if you're building around ETB repetition. A 4/4 for four with no built-in upside beyond that bounce is not a card you run fairly.
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 |
Yarok's Wavecrasher is a Commander card through and through — the bounce trigger only earns its slot in ETB-focused shells that can exploit it repeatedly, and that archetype thrives in the 100-card singleton format. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it is strictly outclassed: a vanilla 4/4 for four with a conditional self-bounce belongs nowhere near those formats' threat density. Vintage is technically legal but the conversation ends there. Oathbreaker shares Commander's ETB-friendly environment, so the same narrow homes that want it there apply here too.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
Yarok's Wavecrasher sits at $0.06, firmly bulk — the kind of card you pull from a box rather than buy. At that price there's no value argument either way; it costs nothing to acquire and nothing to cut.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.