Waves of Aggression

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Waves of Aggression: Sorcery, Eventide. Untap all creatures that attacked this turn. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{R/W}{R/W}
Mana value
5
Type
Sorcery
Colour identity
White and red (WR)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Eventide (EVE)
Released
2008-07-25
Collector number
148
Artist
Jim Pavelec
Commander rank
9,074 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Retrace

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About Waves of Aggression

Waves of Aggression is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white and red sorcery from Eventide (EVE), an expansion set released in July 2008. It is collector number 148 in that set, with art by Jim Pavelec. It costs {3}{R/W}{R/W} to cast, for a mana value of 5. Its colour identity is white and red. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Eventide (2008) to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Source Material (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $10.22 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Untap all creatures that attacked this turn. After this main phase, there is an additional combat phase followed by an additional main phase.

Retrace (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a land card in addition to paying its other costs.)

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $10.22 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Waves of Aggression by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Waves of Aggression

Waves of Aggression has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Source Material (PZA) #13Mythic2026

Official rulings

Six official rulings apply to Waves of Aggression, newest first.

  • A retrace card cast from your graveyard follows the normal timing rules for its card type.
  • Casting a card by using its retrace ability works just like casting any other spell, with two exceptions: You're casting it from your graveyard rather than your hand, and you must discard a land card in addition to any other costs.
  • If it's somehow not a main phase when Waves of Aggression resolves, all it does is untap all creatures that attacked that turn. No new phases are created.
  • If the active player casts a spell that has retrace, that player may cast that card again after it resolves, before another player can remove the card from the graveyard. The active player has priority after the spell resolves, so they can immediately cast a new spell. Since casting a card with retrace from the graveyard moves that card onto the stack, no one else would have the chance to affect it while it's still in the graveyard.
  • Waves of Aggression untaps all creatures that attacked this turn, not just those that attacked during the most recent combat phase.
  • When a retrace card you cast from your graveyard resolves, fails to resolve, or is countered, it's put back into your graveyard. You may use the retrace ability to cast it again.

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