---
name: "Wash Away"
mana_cost: "{U}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Cleave"]
set: "DBL"
set_name: "Innistrad: Double Feature"
collector_number: "354"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Brian Valeza"
oracle_id: "a4630da0-fe9b-4ead-9621-eac4b7825c35"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/wash-away-dbl"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Wash Away
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Cleave

## Oracle Text
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].

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

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Counterlash](/printing/counterlash-plst.md) — Instant
2. [Counterspell](/printing/counterspell-dmr.md) — Instant
3. [Wipe Away](/printing/wipe-away-tsr.md) — Instant
4. [Dissipate](/printing/dissipate-wc97.md) — Instant
5. [Disappearing Act](/printing/disappearing-act-kld.md) — Instant
6. [Dismiss](/printing/dismiss-tmp.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Innistrad: Double Feature (DBL) #354
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Brian Valeza
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

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