First printed in Avatar: The Last Airbender (2025)

All 2 prints

Avatar: The Last Airbender (TLA) #128, 2025
Avatar: The Last Airbender (TLA) #301, 2025

Combustion Technique

Instant — Lesson

Combustion Technique deals damage equal to 2 plus the number of Lesson cards in your graveyard to target creature. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead.

MTGO price: 0.02 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).

In the last 30 days 0.6% of Standard decks played it (9 of 1483). Most played in UR (unclassified). In the last 30 days 5.9% of Pioneer decks played it (26 of 444). Most played in UR (unclassified).

In Limited on MTG Arena

Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).

Win rates of Combustion Technique in Limited
Set	GIH WR	vs set	IWD	Games
Avatar: The Last Airbender (TLA), Premier Draft	59.0%	+3.0	+4.5	27613
Avatar: The Last Airbender (TLA), Sealed	56.0%	-2.3	+0.9	943

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

Staple

Standard staples: main deck, 5% of decks (#122)
Red, Instants, Removal, Creature removal, Burn
Pioneer staples: main deck, 5% of decks (#103); sideboard, 5% of decks (#51)
Red, Instants, Removal, Creature removal, Burn

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Legality

Constructed

Standard Legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Not legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Legal
Competitive Brawl Legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Standard Other periods →

In 9 of 1483 decks (0.6%).

Share of decks

0.6%

▼ 0.1 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

9 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

4.0

in the main deck

Win rate

53%

0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
UR (unclassified)	9.5%	4%
WUR (unclassified)	1.0%	27%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
It'll Quench Ya!	100%	164.8
Abandon Attachments	100%	164.8
Accumulate Wisdom	100%	164.8
Firebending Lesson	100%	23.2
Spirebluff Canal	100%	9.1
Riverpyre Verge	100%	7.4
Steam Vents	100%	5.5
Spell Snare	89%	3.9
Geist of Saint Thalia	78%	115.3
Ral, Crackling Wit	56%	68.7

Best win rate

Deck	Record
WUR MarcoBelacca95 in Standard Challenge 32	4-2 67%
UR giraffesarentreal in Standard Challenge 32 Special	2-3 40%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
WUR Zeect, 27 Oct	4 main	5-0
WUR MarcoBelacca95, 26 Oct	4 main	#12 4-2
UR Pompuskaya, 21 Oct	4 main	#32 0-3
UR giraffesarentreal, 9 Oct	4 main	#28 2-3
WUR Linden_43, 6 Oct	4 main	#23 0-2
UR HyPPeR, 6 Oct	4 main	5-0
WUR Sousa07, 6 Oct	4 main	5-0
UR lmly, 6 Oct	4 main	5-0

Pioneer Other periods →

In 26 of 444 decks (5.9%).

Share of decks

5.9%

▼ 2.6 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

3 main, 26 sideboard

Avg. copies

3.0

in the main deck

Win rate

53%

6 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
UR (unclassified)	24.5%	22%
WUR (unclassified)	0.7%	67%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Abandon Attachments	100%	148.0
Pop Quiz	100%	148.0
It'll Quench Ya!	100%	148.0
Firebending Lesson	100%	148.0
Accumulate Wisdom	100%	148.0
Tablet of Discovery	100%	111.0
Thor, God of Thunder	100%	111.0
Gran-Gran	100%	111.0
Divide by Zero	100%	55.5
Riverpyre Verge	100%	4.4

Best win rate

Deck	Record
WUR Mathilde8 in Pioneer Challenge 16	7-1 88%
UR DB_MasonClark in Pioneer Challenge 16	6-2 75%
UR ChuChuMTFKR in Pioneer Challenge 32	6-2 75%
UR LucasG1ggs in Pioneer Challenge 32	6-2 75%
UR PNascimento in Pioneer Challenge 32	5-2 71%
UR mei0024 in Pioneer Challenge 32	4-2 67%
UR PNascimento in Pioneer Challenge 32	4-2 67%
UR ejk in Pioneer Challenge 32	4-2 67%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
UR Mortaa, 27 Oct	1 side	#18 3-3
WUR evilartificer, 27 Oct	3 main 1 side	#30 2-4
UR LucasG1ggs, 27 Oct	1 side	#32 2-4
WUR Mathilde8, 25 Oct	3 main 1 side	#2 7-1
UR AlexanderTheGreat_, 25 Oct	1 side	#17 2-3
UR mei0024, 23 Oct	3 main 1 side	#11 4-2
UR TricksterGod, 23 Oct	1 side	#15 3-3
UR LucasG1ggs, 23 Oct	1 side	#32 1-4

Commander Other periods →

In 1 of 6150 decks (0.0%).

Share of decks

0.0%

= vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

1 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

–

0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Iroh, Grand Lotus	0.0%	50%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

No challenge results yet.

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Iroh, Grand Lotus Oriol M, 9 Oct	1 main	#33 0-3

No recent decks in: Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Duel Commander.