Wail of the Forgotten - Rare Sorcery card from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
Back face of Wail of the Forgotten - Sorcery card

Wail of the Forgotten

Type: Sorcery
Colors:
Number: 343
Finishes:
nonfoilfoil
Reprint: No
Card Text:
Descend 8 — Choose one. If there are eight or more permanent cards in your graveyard as you cast this spell, choose one or more instead.
• Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.
• Target opponent discards a card.
• Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
Variations:
Finish Market Price Lowest Price Highest Price Average Price
Normal $0.18 $0.09 $0.26 $0.17
Foil $0.21 $0.14 $0.30 $0.24
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Legality

Alchemy

Brawl

Commander

Duel

Gladiator

Historic

Legacy

Modern

Oathbreaker

Pauper

Pauper Commander

Penny

Pioneer

Standard

Timeless

Rulings
Nov 10, 2023

Cards with the ability word "descend N" have abilities that care if you have at least N permanent cards in your graveyard.

Nov 10, 2023

If all targets for the chosen modes become illegal before Wail of the Forgotten resolves, the spell will be countered and none of its effects will happen. If at least one target is still legal, the spell will resolve but will have no effect on any illegal targets.

Nov 10, 2023

Some descend triggered abilities include intervening "if" clauses (i.e. "if you have [four or eight] permanent cards in your graveyard" in the middle of the ability). Each of these abilities checks your graveyard at the moment it would trigger to see if it does. If you don't have the required number of permanent cards in your graveyard at that time, the ability doesn't trigger at all. If it does trigger, it will check again as it tries to resolve. If you don't have the required number of permanent cards in your graveyard at that time, the ability won't resolve and none of its effects will happen.