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Waveskimmer Aven

{2}{G}{W}{U}

Creature — Bird Soldier

ALAShards of Alara#207common
Foil

The greatest gift you can give a sea aven is solitude.

Border
black
Frame
2003
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 896
Illustrator
Mark Zug
Found in
Shards of Alara Intro Pack Bant Exalted · Shards of Alara MTGO Redemption · 4 more
Printings1
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
Flying Exalted (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
2/4
FlyingExalted

Plays as: Attack Trigger · Token Payoff

Market · per finishspark updated 5h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.11
$0.01 low$0.00 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.25
$0.15 low$0.07 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.11· across 1 printing

Rulings

6 · latest Oct 1, 2008 · one tap opens all
  • WotCOct 1, 2008

    Exalted abilities will resolve before blockers are declared.

  • WotCOct 1, 2008

    Exalted bonuses last until end of turn. If an effect creates an additional combat phase during your turn, a creature that attacked alone during the first combat phase will still have its exalted bonuses in that new phase. If a creature attacks alone during the second combat phase, all your exalted abilities will trigger again.

  • WotCOct 1, 2008

    If you attack with multiple creatures, but then all but one are removed from combat, your exalted abilities won’t trigger.

  • WotCOct 1, 2008

    If you declare exactly one creature as an attacker, each exalted ability on each permanent you control (including, perhaps, the attacking creature itself) will trigger. The bonuses are given to the attacking creature, not to the permanent with exalted. Ultimately, the attacking creature will wind up with +1/+1 for each of your exalted abilities.

  • WotCOct 1, 2008

    In a Two-Headed Giant game, a creature “attacks alone” if it’s the only creature declared as an attacker by your entire team. If you control that attacking creature, your exalted abilities will trigger but your teammate’s exalted abilities won’t.

  • WotCOct 1, 2008

    Some effects put creatures onto the battlefield attacking. Since those creatures were never declared as attackers, they’re ignored by exalted abilities. They won’t cause exalted abilities to trigger. If any exalted abilities have already triggered (because exactly one creature was declared as an attacker), those abilities will resolve as normal even though there may now be multiple attackers.