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Wash Away

{U}

Instant

VOWInnistrad: Crimson Vow#87uncommon
Banned in Brawl

"May the ocean take it" —Nephalia expression meaning "good riddance"

Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Frame
2015
Illustrator
Brian Valeza
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlBanned
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
Cleave {1}{U}{U} (You may cast this spell for its cleave cost. If you do, remove the words in square brackets.) Counter target spell [that wasn't cast from its owner's hand].
Cleave
Plays as:
Counterspell
Market · per finishtrend updated 10h ago · prices as of Oct 15, 2026
$0.30 low-$0.08 gap
$0.50 low-$1.10 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.45· across 3 printings· view the cheapest printing ›

Price history

last 30 days · set by the window above · each finish on its own scale
Nonfoil$0.47-19.0%30D
30D range$0.43to$0.58Since Feb 2024:H $1.14L $0.23
Foil$1.10-7.6%30D2.34× nonfoil
30D range$1.10to$1.21Since Feb 2024:H $1.64L $0.46

Other printings

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Found in

7 productsRounded odds
  • Innistrad Crimson Vow MTGO Redemption

    Box Set · —

    Nonfoil 1+ copiesFoil —
  • Innistrad Crimson Vow MTGO Redemption Foil

    Box Set · —

    Nonfoil —Foil 1+ copies
  • Innistrad Crimson Vow Theme Booster Blue

    Booster Pack · $9.05

    Nonfoil under 1 copyFoil —
  • Innistrad Crimson Vow Set Booster Pack

    Booster Pack · $9.33

    Nonfoil under 10%Foil under 1%
  • Innistrad Crimson Vow Draft Booster Pack

    Booster Pack · $4.71

    Nonfoil under 10%Foil under 1%
  • Innistrad Crimson Vow Collector Booster Pack

    Booster Pack · $31.85

    Nonfoil —Foil under 10%
  • Innistrad Crimson Vow Collector Booster Hanger Pack

    Booster Pack · —

    Nonfoil —Foil under 10%

Rulings

5 · latest Nov 19, 2021
  • WotCNov 19, 2021

    A cleave cost is an alternative cost that's paid instead of the spell's mana cost. Casting a spell for its cleave cost doesn't change the spell's mana value.

  • WotCNov 19, 2021

    Copies of spells are never cast from a player's hand, so Wash Away can counter copies of spells even if its cleave cost wasn't paid, regardless of whether the original spell being copied was cast from a player's hand.

  • WotCNov 19, 2021

    If an effect allows you to “cast a spell without paying its mana cost,” you can't cast that spell for its cleave cost.

  • WotCNov 19, 2021

    If you cast a spell for its cleave cost, that spell doesn't have any of the text in square brackets while it's on the stack.

  • WotCNov 19, 2021

    You can't cast a spell for both its cleave cost and another alternative cost. For example, if an effect gives an Alchemist's Retrieval in your graveyard a flashback cost of {U}, you can't cast it from your graveyard for its cleave cost.