Wake the Past is a rare Sorcery from C21 (C21) costing {5}{R}{W}. Current price: $0.28 USD. Legal in Commander.
Wake the Past
Sorcery
Card Text
Return all artifact cards from your graveyard to the battlefield. They gain haste until end of turn.
"Belong in a museum? I think we should let relics belong wherever they please!" —Quintorius, Lorehold mage-student
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Wake the Past is a Sorcery card from the Magic: The Gathering trading card game.
Its ability reads: "Return all artifact cards from your graveyard to the battlefield. They gain haste until end of turn."
Wake the Past has a mana cost of {5}{R}{W}, which equals 7.0 total mana (converted mana cost/mana value).
It requires R, W mana to cast.
Mana cost is the amount and type of mana required to cast a spell in Magic: The Gathering.
Wake the Past's mana cost of {5}{R}{W} means you need to pay that much mana from your lands or other sources.
Colored symbols (W=White, U=Blue, B=Black, R=Red, G=Green) must be paid with that specific color, while numbers can be paid with any color.
Converted mana cost (now officially called "mana value") is the total amount of mana in a card's mana cost, regardless of color.
Wake the Past has a mana value of 7.0. This is important for effects that care about a spell's total cost, like cascade or cards that say "mana value 3 or less."
Oracle text is the official, current rules text for a Magic card as maintained by Wizards of the Coast. It supersedes any printed text on older cards.
Wake the Past's current oracle text is: "Return all artifact cards from your graveyard to the battlefield. They gain haste until end of turn."
The current market price for Wake the Past is approximately $0.28 USD on TCGPlayer.
On Cardmarket (Europe), it's approximately €0.42 EUR.
You can purchase Wake the Past from major MTG retailers including:
- TCGPlayer (USA)
- Card Kingdom (USA)
- Cardmarket (Europe)
Prices vary by condition and printing. Check multiple sellers to find the best price.
Foil cards have a shiny, holographic finish that makes them more collectible. They are functionally identical to normal cards but typically cost more due to their rarity and visual appeal.
Format legality information for Wake the Past in Standard is not available.
Standard is a rotating format that only allows cards from the most recent sets.
Format legality information for Wake the Past in Modern is not available.
Modern includes all cards printed in a standard-legal set from 8th Edition forward.
Wake the Past is Legal in Commander (EDH) format.
Commander is a casual multiplayer format where you build a 100-card singleton deck around a legendary creature.
Format legality information for Wake the Past in Pioneer is not available.
Pioneer is a non-rotating format that includes all standard-legal sets from Return to Ravnica forward.
Wake the Past is Legal in Legacy format.
Legacy allows almost all cards ever printed, with a substantial ban list for balance.
Wake the Past is Legal in Vintage format.
Vintage is the most permissive format, allowing almost all cards with only a minimal ban list. Some powerful cards are "Restricted" (limited to 1 copy).
Format legality information for Wake the Past in Pauper is not available.
Pauper only allows cards that have been printed at common rarity in a paper or online set.
Format legality indicates which official MTG formats allow a card to be played:
- Legal: Card is allowed in the format
- Banned: Card is prohibited from play
- Restricted: Limited to 1 copy (Vintage only)
- Not Legal: Card was never part of that format's card pool
Different formats have different banned lists based on power level and game balance.
This printing of Wake the Past is from C21 (C21), with collector number 75.
Wake the Past may also appear in other MTG sets with different art or special treatments.
Wake the Past is a rare card in C21.
Card rarity affects both availability and price. From rarest to most common: Mythic Rare → Rare → Uncommon → Common.
Wake the Past was illustrated by Yeong-Hao Han.
Magic: The Gathering features artwork from hundreds of talented artists, and many cards have been reprinted with new art over the years.
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