---
name: "Crashing Wave"
mana_cost: "{U}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Waterbend"]
set: "TLA"
set_name: "Avatar: The Last Airbender"
collector_number: "47"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Mitori"
oracle_id: "c8d3936f-4c08-4ffe-83c9-7ed26fb8f9cd"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/crashing-wave-tla"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Crashing Wave
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Waterbend

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, waterbend {X}. (While paying a waterbend cost, you can tap your artifacts and creatures to help. Each one pays for {1}.)
Tap up to X target creatures, then distribute three stun counters among any number of tapped creatures your opponents control. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Water Whip](/printing/water-whip-tle.md) — Sorcery — Lesson
2. [Ruinous Waterbending](/printing/ruinous-waterbending-tla.md) — Sorcery — Lesson
3. [Waterbender's Restoration](/printing/waterbenders-restoration-tle.md) — Instant — Lesson
4. [Waterbending Lesson](/printing/waterbending-lesson-tla.md) — Sorcery — Lesson
5. [Secret of Bloodbending](/printing/secret-of-bloodbending-tla.md) — Sorcery — Lesson
6. [Watery Grasp](/printing/watery-grasp-tla.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Avatar: The Last Airbender (TLA) #47
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Mitori
- **Total Printings:** 7 across all historical editions

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