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The Water Crystal

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{2}{U}{U}
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All Printings

3 printings across 2 sets
Printings
3 total
Card details
Artist
Pablo Mendoza
Frame
legendary
Language
EN
Border
black
Security stamp
triangle
Format legality
AlchemyLegal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardLegal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
Oracle text

Legendary Artifact

Blue spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

If an opponent would mill one or more cards, they mill that many cards plus four instead.

{4}{U}{U}, {T}: Each opponent mills cards equal to the number of cards in your hand.

Abilities
StaticBlue spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
ReplacementIf an opponent would mill one or more cards, they mill that many cards plus four instead.
Activated{4}{U}{U}, {T}: Each opponent mills cards equal to the number of cards in your hand.
Plays as
Mill FinisherOpponent MillCost ReducerTribal Payoff
Flavor & art
"Crystal of water, may you regain your light." —Aria Benett
Illustrated by
Pablo Mendoza
Rulings
  • WotCJun 6, 2025

    If an opponent is instructed to put a card into their graveyard without using the word "mill," The Water Crystal's second ability doesn't apply.

  • WotCJun 6, 2025

    In the rare case where you control two of The Water Crystal, each opponent mills eight more cards than originally instructed. If you control three, your opponents mill twelve more, and so on.

  • WotCJun 6, 2025

    Some older cards have received errata to instruct a player to mill cards rather than to put the top cards of their library into their graveyard. Use the Oracle™ card reference at Gatherer.Wizards.com to determine whether a specific card has received such errata. As a rule of thumb, if an effect instructs a player to look at or reveal a card before it's put into its owner's graveyard, it's unlikely to have received errata.

  • WotCJun 6, 2025

    The cost reduction applies only to generic mana in the total cost of blue spells you cast.

  • WotCJun 6, 2025

    To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as a flashback cost), add any cost increases (such as kicker costs), then apply any cost reductions (such as that of The Water Crystal's first ability). The mana value of the spell is determined by only its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast that spell was.