Wash Away
Wash Away: Instant, Innistrad: Crimson Vow. Cleave 1UU. Counter target spell [that wasn't cast from its owner's hand]. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {U}
- Mana value
- 1
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Innistrad: Crimson Vow (VOW)
- Released
- 2021-11-19
- Collector number
- 87
- Artist
- Brian Valeza
- Commander rank
- 2,894 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Cleave
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About Wash Away
Wash Away is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon blue instant from Innistrad: Crimson Vow (VOW), an expansion set released in November 2021. It is collector number 87 in that set, with art by Brian Valeza. It costs {U} (one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It is banned in Brawl. It has been printed in 3 sets, from The List (2020) to Innistrad: Double Feature (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.82 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Cleave {1}{U}{U} (You may cast this spell for its cleave cost. If you do, remove the words in square brackets.)
Counter target spell [that wasn't cast from its owner's hand].
"May the ocean take it" -Nephalia expression meaning "good riddance"
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.82 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Wash Away 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 |
| Brawl | Banned |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Wash Away
Wash Away has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #VOW-87 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| Innistrad: Double Feature (DBL) #354 | Uncommon | 2022 |
Official rulings
Five official rulings apply to Wash Away, newest first.
- You can't cast a spell for both its cleave cost and another alternative cost. For example, if an effect gives an Alchemist's Retrieval in your graveyard a flashback cost of {U}, you can't cast it from your graveyard for its cleave cost.
- If you cast a spell for its cleave cost, that spell doesn't have any of the text in square brackets while it's on the stack.
- A cleave cost is an alternative cost that's paid instead of the spell's mana cost. Casting a spell for its cleave cost doesn't change the spell's mana value.
- Copies of spells are never cast from a player's hand, so Wash Away can counter copies of spells even if its cleave cost wasn't paid, regardless of whether the original spell being copied was cast from a player's hand.
- If an effect allows you to “cast a spell without paying its mana cost,” you can't cast that spell for its cleave cost.
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