Genesis Wave

As of Aug 7, 2026, the cheapest tracked printing of Genesis Wave is $0.38 (FDN #221), and the most expensive is $37.55 (FDN #396, Borderless, Mana Foil). The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $0.38, up 11.8% over 7 days, up 15.2% over 30 days, up 8.6% over 90 days. All-time tracked high: $1.25 (2024).

Genesis Wave has 7 tracked printings across 5 sets, in nonfoil, foil and mana foil finishes, including prerelease and borderless treatments.

FDN #221

$0.38

CK $0.99 / $0.15 61%

MP $0.15 325 avail

FDN #221 Foil

$0.42 +11%

CK $0.79 / $0.12 71%

MP $0.27 57 avail

LTC #245

$0.43 +13%

CK $0.99 / $0.10 77%

MP $0.19 346 avail

IMA #164

$0.52 +37%

CK $1.49 / $0.30 42%

MP $0.39 52 avail

SOM #122

$0.82 +116%

CK $1.49 / $0.60 27%

MP $0.52 114 avail

PFDN #221s Prerelease Foil

$1.01 +166%

CK $3.49 / $1.75 -73%

MP $1.22 4 avail

IMA #164 Foil

$1.72 +353%

CK $1.99 / $0.60 65%

MP $0.63 9 avail

FDN #334 Borderless

$2.16 +468%

CK $2.79 / $0.95 56%

MP $1.14 43 avail

SOM #122 Foil

$5.14 +1253%

CK $6.99 / $3.50 32%

MP $5.50 5 avail

FDN #334 Borderless Foil

$5.62 +1379%

CK $9.99 / $5.00 11%

MP $9.15 2 avail

FDN #396 Borderless Mana Foil

$37.55 +9782%

CK $39.99 / $20.00 47%

MP $28.69 2 avail

Card Kingdom currently pays $20.00 cash for FDN #396 (Mana Foil); the retail-buylist spread on that printing is 50% (wide).

• Nov 8, 2024 A permanent card is an artifact, battle, creature, enchantment, land, or planeswalker card.
• Nov 8, 2024 All of the permanents put onto the battlefield this way enter at the same time. If any have triggered abilities that trigger on something else entering, they'll see each other.
• Nov 8, 2024 If a card in a player's library has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
• Nov 8, 2024 If a permanent card in your library has no mana symbols in its upper right corner (because it's a land card, for example), its mana value is 0. Such cards can always be put onto the battlefield with Genesis Wave.
• Nov 8, 2024 If you have fewer than X cards in your library, you reveal all of them.

Genesis Wave has been reprinted 11 times. The Foundations reprint cut the price 63% in 30 days.

Set	Date	Rarity	Treatment	Price before	Day 1	30 days	90 days
FDN #221	2024-11-15	Rare	Standard	$0.92	$0.25	$0.40	$0.32
FDN #334	2024-11-15	Rare	Borderless	$2.85	$3.13	$4.16	$2.70
PFDN #221s	2024-11-15	Rare	Prerelease	—	$1.89	$1.21	$0.86
FDN #221	2024-11-15	Rare	Standard	$1.24	$0.29	$0.46	$0.35
FDN #334	2024-11-15	Rare	Borderless	$1.49	$1.26	$1.60	$1.28
FDN #396	2024-11-15	Rare	Borderless	$43.05	$37.04	$19.64	$18.22
LTC #245	2023-06-23	Rare	Standard	—	—	—	—
IMA #164	2017-11-17	Rare	Standard	—	—	—	—
IMA #164	2017-11-17	Rare	Standard	—	—	—	—
SOM #122	2010-10-01	Rare	Standard	—	—	—	—

Showing the 10 most recent of 11 printings.

Genesis Wave is the #1,382 most-played card on EDHREC, up 3 places over the last 30 days.