First printed in Theros (2013)
All 6 prints
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Creature — Merfolk Wizard
Protection from red
Elemental creatures you control get +1/+1.
When this creature enters, create a number of 1/0 blue Elemental creature tokens equal to your devotion to blue. (Each 
in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to blue.)
2/1
- Illustrated by
- Karl Kopinski
Legality
- Legal in
- Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, Penny Dreadful, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pauper, Future Standard, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Standard Brawl
Rulings (7)
- Barring other effects, the Elemental tokens will enter the battlefield as 2/1 creatures.
- If Master of Waves leaves the battlefield, and nothing else is raising the toughness of the Elemental tokens above 0, the Elemental tokens will die and subsequently cease to exist.
- Numeric mana symbols (
, 
, and so on) in mana costs of permanents you control don't count toward your devotion to any color. - Hybrid mana symbols, monocolored hybrid mana symbols, and Phyrexian mana symbols do count toward your devotion to their color(s).
- Use your devotion to blue as the triggered ability resolves to determine how many tokens are put onto the battlefield. If Master of Waves is still on the battlefield at that time, its mana cost will count toward your devotion to blue.
- Mana symbols in the text boxes of permanents you control don't count toward your devotion to any color.
- If an activated ability or triggered ability has an effect that depends on your devotion to a color, you count the number of mana symbols of that color among the mana costs of permanents you control as the ability resolves. The permanent with that ability will be counted if it's still on the battlefield at that time.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.01 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
In Limited on MTG Arena
Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).
| Set | GIH WR | vs set | IWD | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer Masters (PIO), Premier Draft | 58.7% | +3.4 | +4.0 | 4789 |
- GIH WR
- win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
- vs set
- points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
- IWD
- improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
- Games
- games in which the card was seen
Combos
6 combos, the most popular first:
- Win the game: Biovisionary + Esix, Fractal Bloom + Master of Waves
- Infinite colored mana, Infinite death triggers…: Barrin, Master Wizard + Master of Waves + Phyrexian Altar
- Infinite colored mana, Infinite death triggers…: Cloudstone Curio + Master of Waves + Phyrexian Altar
- Infinite turns, Lock: Encroaching Mycosynth + Helm of the Host + Master of Waves + Time Sieve
- Infinite turns, Lock: Biotransference + Helm of the Host + Master of Waves + Time Sieve
- Infinite turns, Lock: Helm of the Host + Master of Waves + Mycosynth Lattice + Time Sieve