Genesis Wave Price
7 printings · 5 sets · first printed 2010
Genesis Wave has been printed 7 times across 5 sets, first in 2010 and most recently in 2024. Right now the cheapest printing is Tales of Middle-earth Commander #245 at $0.36, while the most expensive is Foundations #396 at $40.43 — about 112× more. The median across 7 priced printings is $0.78. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 7x, including dedicated reprint sets like Tales of Middle-earth Commander, Iconic Masters.
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Every Genesis Wave Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander #245 (R) Cheapest | 2023 | $0.36 | $0.40 |
| Foundations #221 (R) | 2024 | $0.37 | $0.12 |
| Iconic Masters #164 (R) | 2017 | $0.57 | $0.30 |
| Scars of Mirrodin #122 (R) | 2010 | $0.78 | $0.33 |
| Foundations Promos #221s (R) Foil | 2024 | $0.87 | — |
| Foundations #334 (R) | 2024 | $2.40 | $1.80 |
| Foundations #396 (R) Foil | 2024 | $40.43 | $22.50 foil |
Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 7 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
6 PrecedentsYou don't have to put permanent cards revealed this way onto the battlefield if you choose not to, regardless of their mana values.
If you have fewer than X cards in your library, you reveal all of them.
If a permanent card in your library has no mana symbols in its upper right corner (because it's a land card, for example), its mana value is 0. Such cards can always be put onto the battlefield with Genesis Wave.
If a card in a player's library has in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
A permanent card is an artifact, battle, creature, enchantment, land, or planeswalker card.
All of the permanents put onto the battlefield this way enter at the same time. If any have triggered abilities that trigger on something else entering, they'll see each other.