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Airbending Lesson

Avatar: The Last Airbender (TLA)

{2}{W}

Instant — Lesson

Airbend target nonland permanent. (Exile it. While it's exiled, its owner may cast it for {2} rather than its mana cost.) Draw a card.
Format legality

Constructed

StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
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 29 known combosEDHREC #4,145

Versions

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Rulings

5 · latest Oct 2, 2025
  • 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.