---
name: "The Water Crystal"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Artifact"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Mill"]
set: "PFIN"
set_name: "Final Fantasy Promos"
collector_number: "85s"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Pablo Mendoza"
oracle_id: "f8d2a94f-7be1-4b17-8556-398dde531360"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/the-water-crystal-pfin"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# The Water Crystal
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Artifact
- **Keywords:** Mill

## Oracle Text
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.

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

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Drowner Initiate](/printing/drowner-initiate-shm.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
2. [Drowned Secrets](/printing/drowned-secrets-pgrn.md) — Enchantment
3. [Towering-Wave Mystic](/printing/towering-wave-mystic-jmp.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
4. [Sage's Row Denizen](/printing/sages-row-denizen-gtc.md) — Creature — Vedalken Wizard
5. [Kefnet's Monument](/printing/kefnets-monument-akr.md) — Legendary Artifact
6. [Merfolk Mesmerist](/printing/merfolk-mesmerist-m12.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Final Fantasy Promos (PFIN) #85s
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Pablo Mendoza
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

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