---
name: "Wave of Reckoning"
mana_cost: "{4}{W}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "MMQ"
set_name: "Mercadian Masques"
collector_number: "56"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Bradley Williams"
oracle_id: "24f7143c-d43a-4120-baa0-0235b15d8186"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/wave-of-reckoning-mmq"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Wave of Reckoning
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{W}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Each creature deals damage to itself equal to its power.

> *Inner conflict can defeat a soldier more quickly than any army.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Solar Blaze](/printing/solar-blaze-pwar.md) — Sorcery
2. [Repentance](/printing/repentance-tmp.md) — Sorcery
3. [Wrack with Madness](/printing/wrack-with-madness-dka.md) — Sorcery
4. [Justice Strike](/printing/justice-strike-grn.md) — Instant
5. [Inner Struggle](/printing/inner-struggle-soi.md) — Instant
6. [Kiku's Shadow](/printing/kikus-shadow-sok.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mercadian Masques (MMQ) #56
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Bradley Williams
- **Total Printings:** 23 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`