Wave Elemental

Wave Elemental

Creature — Elemental

Mana cost: {2}{U}{U}

How we read this card

Tap up to three target creatures without flying.

activated {U}, {T}, Sacrifice this creature —

activated {U}, {T}, Sacrifice this creature —

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, tap a creature.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

an Elemental creature in a graveyard — 88 cards in the game can cause this (Wave Elemental is one).

  1. Thunderkin Awakener — When Wave Elemental is in the graveyard, Thunderkin Awakener can bring it back

a nontoken Elemental is sacrificed — 90 cards in the game can cause this (Wave Elemental is one).

  1. Ashling, the Limitless — When you sacrifice Wave Elemental, Ashling, the Limitless makes a token

an Elemental in a graveyard — 90 cards in the game can cause this (Wave Elemental is one).

When Wave Elemental is in the graveyard:

  1. Sunflare Shaman — gets bigger
  2. Horde of Notions — can bring it back

an Elemental is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 93 cards in the game can cause this (Wave Elemental is one).

When Wave Elemental is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

  1. Omnath, Locus of Rage — deals 3 damage
  2. Titania, Nature's Force — mills a card

a creature becomes tapped — 565 cards in the game can cause this (Wave Elemental is one).

  1. Chrome Companion — When Chrome Companion becomes tapped thanks to Wave Elemental, it gains you 1 life
  2. Unctus, Grand Metatect — When Wave Elemental becomes tapped, Unctus, Grand Metatect draws you 1 card
  3. Sharae of Numbing Depths — When Wave Elemental becomes tapped, Sharae of Numbing Depths draws you 1 card
  4. Rewrite History — When Wave Elemental becomes tapped, Rewrite History draws you 1 card
  5. Stinging Licid — When Wave Elemental becomes tapped, Stinging Licid deals 2 damage
  6. Gideon's Avenger — When Wave Elemental becomes tapped, Gideon's Avenger puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Icewrought Sentry — When Wave Elemental becomes tapped, Icewrought Sentry gets +2/+1
  8. Cryoshatter — When Wave Elemental becomes tapped, Cryoshatter kills a creature
  9. Don't Move — When Wave Elemental becomes tapped, Don't Move kills a creature
  10. Hylda of the Icy Crown — When Wave Elemental becomes tapped, Hylda of the Icy Crown triggers

12 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything becomes tapped — 699 cards in the game can cause this (Wave Elemental is one).

  1. Gran-Gran — When Gran-Gran becomes tapped thanks to Wave Elemental, it draws you 1 card

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an Elemental enters the battlefield — 754 cards in the game can cause this (Wave Elemental is one).

When Wave Elemental enters:

  1. Champion of the Path — deals its power damage
  2. Risen Reef — puts a land onto the battlefield

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,714 cards in the game can cause this (Wave Elemental is one).

When you sacrifice Wave Elemental:

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — makes a token
  2. Bag of Devouring — exiles it

a creature is sacrificed — 1,741 cards in the game can cause this (Wave Elemental is one).

When you sacrifice Wave Elemental:

  1. Ziatora, the Incinerator — deals that creature's power damage
  2. Dina, Essence Brewer — draws you 1 card
  3. Fleshtaker — gains you 1 life
  4. Body Dropper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Smothering Abomination — draws you 1 card
  6. Kels, Fight Fixer — draws you 1 card
  7. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — triggers
  8. Grist, the Hunger Tide — kills a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls
  9. Cabal Therapist — triggers
  10. Rakdos, the Muscle — exiles a card from an opponent's library

19 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Wave Elemental is one).

When Wave Elemental is in the graveyard:

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — can bring it back
  2. Havengul Lich — can bring it back
  3. Liliana the Repentant — can bring it back
  4. Paleoloth — can bring it back
  5. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring it back
  6. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring it back
  7. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring it back
  8. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring it back
  9. Necromantic Thirst — can bring it back
  10. Krile Baldesion — can bring it back

799 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature dies — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Wave Elemental is one).

When Wave Elemental dies:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back
  3. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  4. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  5. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  6. Valkyrie's Call — brings a card back
  7. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  8. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  9. Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer — flickers itself
  10. Body Launderer — draws and discards

60 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature dies — 2,830 cards in the game can cause this (Wave Elemental is one).

When Wave Elemental dies:

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Shriveling Rot — makes a player lose life equal to its toughness

457 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (Wave Elemental is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When Wave Elemental leaves the battlefield, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

35 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Wave Elemental is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Wave Elemental fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs

443 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Wave Elemental is one).

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Wave Elemental attacks, Shaun, Father of Synths makes a token

148 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Wave Elemental is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Wave Elemental attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

222 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Wave Elemental is one).

  1. Boss's Chauffeur — When Wave Elemental enters, Boss's Chauffeur puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

448 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.