Displacement Wave
Displacement Wave: Sorcery, Magic Origins. Return all nonland permanents with mana value X or less to their owners' hands. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {X}{U}{U}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Magic Origins (ORI)
- Released
- 2015-07-17
- Collector number
- 55
- Artist
- Seb McKinnon
- Commander rank
- 11,958 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Displacement Wave
Displacement Wave is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue sorcery from Magic Origins (ORI), a core set released in July 2015. It is collector number 55 in that set, with art by Seb McKinnon. It costs {X}{U}{U} (X and two blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Penny Dreadful. Magic Origins is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.51 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Return all nonland permanents with mana value X or less to their owners' hands.
The sea respects no boundaries, least of all the coast.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.51 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Displacement Wave by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Displacement Wave, newest first.
- If a permanent has an {X} in its mana cost, that X is 0.
- A token has mana value 0 unless it's a copy of something else, in which case it has the mana cost of whatever it's copying.
Similar cards
Other sorcery cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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These card lists include Displacement Wave.