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Aang, Swift Savior // Aang and La, Ocean's Fury

Avatar: The Last Airbender (TLA)

Aang, Swift Savior

{1}{W}{U}

Legendary Creature — Human Avatar Ally

Flash Flying When Aang enters, airbend up to one other target creature or spell. (Exile it. While it's exiled, its owner may cast it for {2} rather than its mana cost.) Waterbend {8}: Transform Aang.

Aang and La, Ocean's Fury

Legendary Creature — Avatar Spirit Ally

Reach, trample Whenever Aang and La attack, put a +1/+1 counter on each tapped creature you control.
Plays as
Counter Placer
Format legality

Constructed

StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal

Arena

AlchemyLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardLegal

Used in 41 known combosEDHREC #3,771

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Rulings

11 · latest Oct 2, 2025
  • WotCOct 2, 2025

    "Waterbend [cost]" means "Pay [cost]. For each generic mana in that cost, you may tap an untapped artifact or creature you control rather than pay that mana."

  • WotCOct 2, 2025

    Even if the cost of the spell or ability that waterbend is part of increases or decreases, you still may only tap artifacts or creatures to pay for costs up to the amount of the generic mana in the waterbend cost.

  • WotCOct 2, 2025

    If a spell is exiled this way, it's removed from the stack and thus will not resolve. The spell isn't countered; it is exiled. This works against a spell that can't be countered.

  • WotCOct 2, 2025

    If a waterbend cost is part of the total cost to cast a spell or activate an ability, you may tap an untapped artifact or creature you control rather than pay one generic mana in that total cost any number of times up to a maximum of the amount of generic mana in the waterbend component of that total cost.

  • WotCOct 2, 2025

    If an artifact or creature you control has a mana ability with {T} in the cost, activating that ability while casting a spell or activating an ability with waterbend will result in the artifact or creature being tapped before you pay the spell's costs. You won't be able to tap it again for waterbend. Similarly, if you sacrifice an artifact or creature to activate a mana ability to pay a cost with waterbend, that artifact or creature won't be on the battlefield when you pay the spell's costs, so you won't be able to tap it for waterbend.

  • WotCOct 2, 2025

    If the spell you cast has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X.

  • WotCOct 2, 2025

    Lands exiled this way cannot be played from exile. (Lands that were animated by earthbend will be returned to the battlefield tapped when they're exiled.)

  • WotCOct 2, 2025

    Since you are using an alternative cost to cast a spell from exile this way, you can't pay any other alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those.

  • WotCOct 2, 2025

    To airbend one or more permanents and/or spells means to exile each of those objects. For each card exiled this way, for as long as it's exiled, its owner may cast it from exile by paying {2} rather than paying its mana cost.

  • WotCOct 2, 2025

    Tokens exiled this way will cease to exist and cannot be cast.

  • WotCOct 2, 2025

    You can tap any untapped creature or artifact you control to pay a waterbend cost, even one you haven't controlled continuously since the beginning of your most recent turn.