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The Water Crystal

{2}{U}{U}

Legendary Artifact

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"Crystal of water, may you regain your light." —Aria Benett

Promo
Prerelease
Finishes
Foil
Border
black
Security stamp
triangle
Frame
2015
Pull rate
~1 in 84
Illustrator
Pablo Mendoza
Found in
Final Fantasy Prerelease Pack
Printings3Combos12EDHREC rank#1,608
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardLegal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal

Arena

AlchemyLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardLegal
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.
Plays as:
Mill FinisherOpponent MillCost Reducer
Market · per finishspark updated 1h ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
Foil+7.4%
$10.19
$10.99 low$4.09 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$3.28· across 3 printings· view the cheapest printing ›

Rulings

5 · latest Jun 6, 2025
  • 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.