---
name: "Breaking Wave"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "INV"
set_name: "Invasion"
collector_number: "48"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Carl Critchlow"
oracle_id: "f455b731-6ff9-4acb-9447-f524faa49b27"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/breaking-wave-inv"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Breaking Wave
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
You may cast this spell as though it had flash if you pay {2} more to cast it. (You may cast it any time you could cast an instant.)
Simultaneously untap all tapped creatures and tap all untapped creatures.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Harbinger of the Tides](/printing/harbinger-of-the-tides-pori.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
2. [Thassa's Ire](/printing/thassas-ire-jou.md) — Enchantment
3. [Tidal Barracuda](/printing/tidal-barracuda-sld.md) — Creature — Fish
4. [Breaching Hippocamp](/printing/breaching-hippocamp-ths.md) — Creature — Horse Fish
5. [Borne Upon a Wind](/printing/borne-upon-a-wind-pltr.md) — Instant
6. [Bounding Krasis](/printing/bounding-krasis-plst.md) — Creature — Fish Lizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Invasion (INV) #48
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Carl Critchlow
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`