Wavesifter: Twice the Clues, Aerial Utility
Wavesifter offers a compact way to trade tempo for card advantage in decks that value investigation and evasion. The creature arrives with flying and immediately creates resources by investigating twice. Those two Clue artifacts give you repeatable card draw options and interaction with sacrifice synergies or artifact tutors later in the game. Casting it for evoke keeps the same benefits while letting you convert a creature slot into pure card selection.
From a lore angle Wavesifter reads like a coastal elemental that teases evidence from the surf and hands it to the inquisitive. In play the card reads cleanly. It slots into blue green archetypes that want the flexibility to either stick a flier or cash it in for tempo and card flow. Experienced players will note how the Clues chain with sacrifice outlets and how evoking can dodge removal while still netting value.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost – {3}{G}{U}
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Card Type – Creature
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Subtypes – Elemental
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Flying. When Wavesifter enters the battlefield, investigate twice. (To investigate, create a Clue token. It is an artifact with "2, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.") Evoke {G}{U} (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it is sacrificed when it enters the battlefield.)
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Power / Toughness – 3/2