---
name: "Master of Waves"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Merfolk Wizard"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Protection"]
set: "DDT"
set_name: "Duel Decks: Merfolk vs. Goblins"
collector_number: "1"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Svetlin Velinov"
oracle_id: "07d40173-53e7-4328-a3b0-6214d93855b6"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/master-of-waves-ddt"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Master of Waves
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Merfolk Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/1
- **Keywords:** Protection

## Oracle Text
Protection from red
Elemental creatures you control get +1/+1.
When this creature enters, create a number of 1/0 blue Elemental creature tokens equal to your devotion to blue. (Each {U} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to blue.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Deeproot Waters](/printing/deeproot-waters-xln.md) — Enchantment
2. [Aquatic Incursion](/printing/aquatic-incursion-j22.md) — Enchantment
3. [Benthicore](/printing/benthicore-lrw.md) — Creature — Elemental
4. [Galina's Knight](/printing/galinas-knight-inv.md) — Creature — Merfolk Knight
5. [Kopala, Warden of Waves](/printing/kopala-warden-of-waves-lcc.md) — Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
6. [Deepchannel Mentor](/printing/deepchannel-mentor-plst.md) — Creature — Merfolk Rogue

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Duel Decks: Merfolk vs. Goblins (DDT) #1
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Svetlin Velinov
- **Total Printings:** 17 across all historical editions

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