First printed in Avatar: The Last Airbender (2025)

Origin of Metalbending

Instant — Lesson

Choose one —
• Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
• Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

In the last 30 days 3.2% of Standard decks played it (3 of 95). Most played in Green Landfall. In the last 30 days 1.8% of Modern decks played it (3 of 166). Most played in BG (unclassified).

Staple

Standard staples: sideboard, 3% of decks (#67)
Green, Instants, Removal, Artifact removal, Enchantment removal
Modern staples: sideboard, 2% of decks (#83)
Green, Instants, Removal, Artifact removal, Enchantment removal
Pauper staples: sideboard, 8% of decks (#22)
Green, Instants, Removal, Artifact removal, Enchantment removal

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Legality

Constructed

Standard Legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper 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 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 3 of 95 decks (3.2%).

Share of decks

3.2%

vs previous 30 days

Decks

0 main, 3 sideboard

Avg. copies

–

in the main deck

Win rate

57%

0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Green Landfall	12.6%	25%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Green Landfall Thief_Of_Crowns in Standard Challenge 32	4-3 57%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Green Landfall Thief_Of_Crowns, 27 Oct	1 side	#21 4-3
Green Landfall crazythursday, 27 Oct	2 side	5-0
Green Landfall Thief_Of_Crowns, 25 Oct	1 side	#24 1-2

Modern Other periods →

In 3 of 166 decks (1.8%).

Share of decks

2.2%

vs previous 30 days

Decks

0 main, 3 sideboard

Avg. copies

–

in the main deck

Win rate

50%

0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
BG (unclassified)	2.4%	75%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

Deck	Record
BG goron27 in Modern Challenge 32	3-3 50%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
BG goron27, 28 Oct	1 side	5-0
BG Heavenscythe, 28 Oct	1 side	5-0
BG goron27, 27 Oct	1 side	#26 3-3

Pauper Other periods →

In 14 of 739 decks (1.9%).

Share of decks

8.4%

vs previous 30 days

Decks

0 main, 8 sideboard

Avg. copies

–

in the main deck

Win rate

65%

3 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
RG (unclassified)	2.4%	6%
Temur Storm	1.9%	93%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Temur Storm Kampo in Pauper Challenge 32	7-2 78%
Temur Storm DIDIER Jules in the300	6-2 75%
Temur Storm Lamela in Pauper Challenge 32	5-2 71%
RG Briar Putz in From The Vault: Pauper 10 $1K	4-2 67%
Temur Storm Kampo in Pauper Challenge 16	5-3 63%
Temur Storm RickArt7 in Pauper Challenge 16	3-3 50%
Temur Storm Wu in the300	3-4 43%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Temur Storm Kampo, 28 Oct	1 side	#2 7-2
Temur Storm Lamela, 28 Oct	1 side	#5 5-2
Temur Storm saidin.raken, 28 Oct	1 side	5-0
Temur Storm kuldothared, 28 Oct	1 side	5-0
Temur Storm Kampo, 27 Oct	1 side	#4 5-3
Temur Storm RickArt7, 27 Oct	1 side	#18 3-3
Temur Storm pizzangry, 27 Oct	1 side	#21 1-2
Temur Storm Lamela, 27 Oct	1 side	5-0

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