Genesis Wave
- Mana cost
- {X}{G}{G}{G}
- Type
- Sorcery
- Set
- Iconic Masters #164 (rare)
- Price
- $0.64 USD
Reveal the top X cards of your library. You may put any number of permanent cards with mana value X or less from among them onto the battlefield. Then put all cards revealed this way that weren't put onto the battlefield into your graveyard.
Genesis Wave has 9 printings, first in Scars of Mirrodin (2010). EDHREC ranks it #1,359 among Commander cards. It appears most in Lathril, Blade of the Elves decks (4,510 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 6 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: legal
- brawl: legal
Public decks that run Genesis Wave
- Elven Council - Tales of Middle-earth Commander, led by Galadriel, Elven-Queen
Commanders that run Genesis Wave most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Lathril, Blade of the Elves: 4,510 decks
- Omnath, Locus of Mana: 3,769 decks
- Witherbloom, the Balancer: 3,619 decks
- Marwyn, the Nurturer: 3,584 decks
- Raggadragga, Goreguts Boss: 3,177 decks
- Omo, Queen of Vesuva: 2,631 decks
- Azusa, Lost but Seeking: 2,434 decks
- Galadriel, Light of Valinor: 1,933 decks
Often played with Genesis Wave
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : You don't have to put permanent cards revealed this way onto the battlefield if you choose not to, regardless of their mana values.
- : If you have fewer than X cards in your library, you reveal all of them.
- : If a permanent card in your library has no mana symbols in its upper right corner (because it's a land card, for example), its mana value is 0. Such cards can always be put onto the battlefield with Genesis Wave.
- : If a card in a player's library has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
- : A permanent card is an artifact, battle, creature, enchantment, land, or planeswalker card.
- : All of the permanents put onto the battlefield this way enter at the same time. If any have triggered abilities that trigger on something else entering, they'll see each other.