Wavesifter

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Wavesifter: Creature - Elemental, Murders at Karlov Manor Commander. Flying. When this creature enters, investigate twice. Evoke GU. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{G}{U}
Mana value
5
Type
Creature - Elemental
Colour identity
Blue and green (UG)
Power / toughness
3/2
Rarity
Common
Set
Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC)
Released
2024-02-09
Collector number
220
Artist
Nils Hamm
Commander rank
11,388 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Evoke, Flying, Investigate

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About Wavesifter

Wavesifter is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common blue and green creature from Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC), a Commander product released in February 2024. It is collector number 220 in that set, with art by Nils Hamm. It costs {3}{G}{U} (three generic, one blue and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 3/2 creature. Its colour identity is blue and green. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Modern Horizons 2 (2021) to Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.23 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Flying

When this creature enters, investigate twice. (To investigate, create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

Evoke {G}{U} (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters.)

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.23 (as of 2026-11-11).

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

Format legality

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

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other printings of Wavesifter

Wavesifter has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Jumpstart: Historic Horizons (J21) #726Common2021
Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) #217Common2021

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Wavesifter, newest first.

  • You can't sacrifice a Clue to activate its own ability and also to activate another ability that requires sacrificing a Clue (or any artifact) as a cost, such as that of Lonis, Cryptozoologist.
  • The tokens are normal artifacts. For example, one can be sacrificed to activate the ability of Breya's Apprentice and one can be the target of Break Ties.
  • The token is named Clue Token and has the artifact subtype Clue. Clue isn't a creature type.

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