Wash Away {U}
Instant
Cleave {1}{U}{U} (You may cast this spell for its cleave cost. If you do, remove the words in square brackets.) Counter target spell [that wasn't cast from its owner's hand].
Prints (13)
| Set | # | Rarity | Finishes | USD | Foil USD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) | VOW-87 | uncommon | nonfoil | $0.52 | — |
| Innistrad: Double Feature (DBL) | 354 | uncommon | nonfoil, foil | $2.28 | $21.15 |
| Innistrad: Crimson Vow (VOW) | 87 | uncommon | nonfoil, foil | — | — |
| Innistrad: Crimson Vow (VOW) | 87 | uncommon | nonfoil, foil | — | — |
| Innistrad: Crimson Vow (VOW) | 87 | uncommon | nonfoil, foil | $0.40 | $0.77 |
| Innistrad: Crimson Vow (VOW) | 87 | uncommon | nonfoil, foil | — | — |
| Innistrad: Crimson Vow (VOW) | 87 | uncommon | nonfoil, foil | — | — |
| Innistrad: Crimson Vow (VOW) | 87 | uncommon | nonfoil, foil | — | — |
| Innistrad: Crimson Vow (VOW) | 87 | uncommon | nonfoil, foil | — | — |
| Innistrad: Crimson Vow (VOW) | 87 | uncommon | nonfoil, foil | — | — |
| Innistrad: Crimson Vow (VOW) | 87 | uncommon | nonfoil, foil | — | — |
| Innistrad: Crimson Vow (VOW) | 87 | uncommon | nonfoil, foil | — | — |
| Innistrad: Crimson Vow (VOW) | 87 | uncommon | nonfoil, foil | — | — |
Rulings
- 2021-11-19 You can't cast a spell for both its cleave cost and another alternative cost. For example, if an effect gives an Alchemist's Retrieval in your graveyard a flashback cost of {U}, you can't cast it from your graveyard for its cleave cost.
- 2021-11-19 If you cast a spell for its cleave cost, that spell doesn't have any of the text in square brackets while it's on the stack.
- 2021-11-19 A cleave cost is an alternative cost that's paid instead of the spell's mana cost. Casting a spell for its cleave cost doesn't change the spell's mana value.
- 2021-11-19 Copies of spells are never cast from a player's hand, so Wash Away can counter copies of spells even if its cleave cost wasn't paid, regardless of whether the original spell being copied was cast from a player's hand.
- 2021-11-19 If an effect allows you to “cast a spell without paying its mana cost,” you can't cast that spell for its cleave cost.