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Magic · Theros · #53 · Mythic

Master of Waves

Magic card price for Master of Waves: $4.37 market, from $2.25 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 18, 2026
$4.37
0.0% this week · +3.8% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days0.0%
30 days+3.8%
90 days+7.1%
1 year+17.8%
All time−15.6%

Sellers right now

$2.25lowest listing$27.07highest
Market price$4.37
Mid listing$4.59
Direct$3.75
30-day avg$4.26

Market price is what a near-mint copy actually sold for. The cheapest listing is what a seller asks today — on thin markets the two differ a lot.

Where to buy

TCGplayer$4.37
Cardmarket$2.91 €2.59

EUR converted at 1.1253 (ECB reference rate). Shipping and condition not included.

One year

$3.7052-week low$4.3752-week high
In the range100%
All-time low$2.52
All-time high$5.18
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.56$1.95$3.34$4.73
$4.37
Jul 20Aug 19Sep 18Oct 18
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

We have tracked Master of Waves (Foil) since February 2024, when it sold for $5.18. Today the market price is $4.37, down 15.6%. Across the past year it went +17.8%, with a low of $3.70 and a high of $4.37; today it sits near the top of that range. The highest price we have recorded is $5.18, 18.5% above today. Listings currently start at $2.25; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $4.26.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$4.37$2.25$27.070.0%
Normal$1.32$0.25$19.95−0.8%

The card in play

Power / Toughness2 / 1
Type line
Creature — Merfolk Wizard
Rules text

Protection from red

Elemental creatures you control get +1/+1.

When Master of Waves enters the battlefield, put a number of 1/0 blue Elemental creature tokens onto the battlefield equal to your devotion to blue. (Each U in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to blue.)

Other printings of Master of Waves

3 more · $0.31 – $4.60
All printings
Master of Waves (1278), Secret Lair Drop Series — Magic card price −0.4% 7d Master of Waves Secret Lair Drop Series · #1278 $4.60 Master of Waves (1), Duel Decks: Merfolk vs. Goblins — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Master of Waves Duel Decks: Merfolk vs. Goblins · #1 $0.45 Master of Waves (001/063), The List Reprints — Magic card price −3.1% 7d Master of Waves The List Reprints · #001/063 $0.31

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