First printed in Avatar: The Last Airbender (2025)
Legendary Creature — Human Warrior Ally
When Toph enters, you may discard a card. If you do, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.
Whenever you cast a spell, earthbend 1. If that spell is a Lesson, put an additional +1/+1 counter on that land. (Target land you control becomes a 0/0 creature with haste that's still a land. Put a +1/+1 counter on it. When it dies or is exiled, return it to the battlefield tapped.)
3/4
- Illustrated by
- Ruwen Liu
- Watermark
- Earthkingdom
Legality
- Legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Pauper, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders
Rulings (6)
- You may target a land that is already a creature, perhaps because of a previous earthbend ability. The land will get the +1/+1 counters, gain haste, and have its base power and toughness set to 0/0.
- If the targeted land becomes an illegal target before the spell or ability that includes earthbend resolves, earthbend does nothing. If the spell or ability didn't have other targets, it won't resolve.
- Earthbend doesn't give the land you control a color. As most lands are colorless, in most cases the resulting land creature will also be colorless.
- The land will retain any other types, subtypes, or supertypes it previously had. It will also retain any mana abilities it had as a result of those subtypes. For example, a Forest that's turned into a creature this way can still be tapped for
. - "Earthbend N" means "Target land you control becomes a 0/0 land creature with haste in addition to its other types. Put N +1/+1 counters on it. When it dies or is exiled, return it to the battlefield tapped under your control."
- If a land was animated by earthbend and would go to any zone other than the graveyard or exile, it will not be returned to the battlefield by the delayed triggered ability created by earthbend.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
In Limited on MTG Arena
Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).
| Set | GIH WR | vs set | IWD | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avatar: The Last Airbender (TLA), Premier Draft | 58.9% | +2.8 | +5.6 | 11323 |
| Avatar: The Last Airbender (TLA), Sealed | 57.2% | -1.1 | +2.4 | 912 |
- GIH WR
- win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
- vs set
- points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
- IWD
- improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
- Games
- games in which the card was seen
Combos
323 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Gruul Turf + Toph, Hardheaded Teacher + Toph, the First Metalbender + Zuran Orb (+ 1 other requirement)
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Selesnya Sanctuary + Toph, Hardheaded Teacher + Toph, the First Metalbender + Zuran Orb (+ 1 other requirement)
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Boros Garrison + Toph, Hardheaded Teacher + Toph, the First Metalbender + Zuran Orb (+ 1 other requirement)
- Infinite storm count, Infinite mana lands you control can produce…: Amulet of Vigor + Constant Mists + Gaea's Cradle + Toph, Hardheaded Teacher
- Infinite storm count, Infinite mana lands you control can produce…: Constant Mists + Gaea's Cradle + Spelunking + Toph, Hardheaded Teacher
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Ashnod's Altar + Gruul Turf + Toph, Hardheaded Teacher + Toph, the First Metalbender (+ 1 other requirement)
- Infinite storm count, Infinite mana lands you control can produce…: Constant Mists + Gaea's Cradle + Horizon Explorer + Toph, Hardheaded Teacher
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Ashnod's Altar + Selesnya Sanctuary + Toph, Hardheaded Teacher + Toph, the First Metalbender (+ 1 other requirement)
- Infinite storm count, Infinite mana lands you control can produce…: Constant Mists + Gaea's Cradle + Tiller Engine + Toph, Hardheaded Teacher
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Arid Archway + Toph, Hardheaded Teacher + Toph, the First Metalbender + Zuran Orb (+ 1 other requirement)
