Wave Goodbye (Extended Art) (Commander: The Lost Caverns of Ixalan) Light Play

Wave Goodbye — Reset the Board, Keep the Counters

Wave Goodbye is a concise removal spell that plays to blue control instincts and counter synergy. Cast for {2}{U}{U}, it bounces every creature that does not already carry a +1/+1 counter. Use it after you have proliferated, bolstered a key creature, or established defensive tokens to clear opponents while leaving your invested threats in place. The effect is clean and avoids exile timing complications so you can plan follow up plays with fewer unknowns.

In lore this feels like a shaper tide washing clean the battlefield and sparing those marked by growth. In practice it fits seed strategies and blink decks that prefer targeted resets to mass sweepers. Sideboard it against token centric builds or slot it into a late game plan that relies on incremental advantage from counters rather than raw board presence.

Card Details:

• Mana Cost – {2}{U}{U}
• Card Type – Sorcery
• Subtypes –
• Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Return each creature without a +1/+1 counter on it to its owner’s hand.
• Power / Toughness – N A
• Set – Commander: The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
• Rarity – Rare
• Language – English
• Condition – Light Play