Avatar Kyoshi, Earthbender

Legendary Creature — Human Avatar

During your turn, Avatar Kyoshi has hexproof.

At the beginning of combat on your turn, earthbend 8, then untap that land. (Target land you control becomes a 0/0 creature with haste that's still a land. Put eight +1/+1 counters on it. When it dies or is exiled, return it to the battlefield tapped.)

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Earthbend

Set: Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal (TLE #130)
Rarity: Mythic
Mana value: 8
Released: 2025-11-21
Artist: Tetsuko
EDHREC rank: #4,385
Colour identity
Finishes: Nonfoil, Foil
Served from: Local database

Commander bracket

1 +

Fits any bracket

No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.00

How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.

Can be your commander

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

The Legend of Kyoshi 77 %+72.5 %
Badgermole 72 %+68.5 %
Earthbender Ascension 73 %+67.5 %
Ba Sing Se 75 %+67.4 %
Toph, the Blind Bandit 68 %+64.9 %
Secret Tunnel 69 %+64.2 %
Earth Kingdom General 64 %+61.4 %
Rockalanche 60 %+56.7 %
Toph, Earthbending Master 58 %+56.1 %
Terrasymbiosis 65 %+55.0 %
The Boulder, Ready to Rumble 55 %+52.2 %
Branching Evolution 63 %+51.9 %
The Earth Crystal 69 %+51.7 %
Bumi, Eclectic Earthbender 54 %+51.6 %
Earthbending Student 54 %+51.4 %
Badgermole Cub 57 %+48.7 %
Rumble Arena 50 %+47.6 %
Origin of Metalbending 53 %+46.6 %
Shared Roots 53 %+45.1 %
Cycle of Renewal 51 %+45.0 %
Solid Ground 46 %+43.5 %
The Earth King 52 %+43.1 %
Cracked Earth Technique 45 %+42.7 %
Earth Rumble 42 %+40.5 %
Darksteel Citadel 41 %+40.4 %
Kodama of the West Tree 42 %+35.6 %
Earthbending Lesson 37 %+35.5 %
Inspiring Call 48 %+34.4 %
Tectonic Split 33 %+31.2 %
Azusa, Lost but Seeking 48 %+31.0 %
Rocky Rebuke 32 %+30.5 %
Oracle of Mul Daya 45 %+30.3 %
Entish Restoration 47 %+29.1 %
Embodiment of Insight 31 %+29.0 %
Nissa, Who Shakes the World 45 %+28.5 %
Explore 50 %+27.7 %
The Ozolith 35 %+27.4 %
Bristly Bill, Spine Sower 35 %+26.6 %
Seismic Sense 28 %+26.0 %
Ashaya, Soul of the Wild 41 %+25.6 %
Evolution Sage 38 %+25.0 %
Flopsie, Bumi's Buddy 27 %+24.8 %
Hardened Scales 38 %+24.0 %
Sphere Grid 28 %+23.1 %
Greater Good 35 %+22.4 %
Nature's Lore 60 %+21.6 %
Kodama's Reach 58 %+20.5 %
Tireless Provisioner 37 %+20.4 %
Three Visits 50 %+20.2 %
Skyshroud Claim 39 %+20.1 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

Forest 98 %+1.6 %
The Legend of Kyoshi 77 %+72.5 %
Ba Sing Se 75 %+67.4 %
Sol Ring 73 %+2.2 %
Earthbender Ascension 73 %+67.5 %
Badgermole 72 %+68.5 %
Cultivate 70 %+18.8 %
Secret Tunnel 69 %+64.2 %
The Earth Crystal 69 %+51.7 %
Toph, the Blind Bandit 68 %+64.9 %
Terrasymbiosis 65 %+55.0 %
Earth Kingdom General 64 %+61.4 %
Branching Evolution 63 %+51.9 %
Nature's Lore 60 %+21.6 %
Rockalanche 60 %+56.7 %
Beast Within 60 %+2.5 %
Heroic Intervention 59 %+12.0 %
Kodama's Reach 58 %+20.5 %
Toph, Earthbending Master 58 %+56.1 %
Badgermole Cub 57 %+48.7 %
The Boulder, Ready to Rumble 55 %+52.2 %
Bumi, Eclectic Earthbender 54 %+51.6 %
Earthbending Student 54 %+51.4 %
Origin of Metalbending 53 %+46.6 %
Return of the Wildspeaker 53 %+17.1 %
Rampant Growth 53 %+10.3 %
Emerald Medallion 53 %+8.7 %
Shared Roots 53 %+45.1 %
The Earth King 52 %+43.1 %
Cycle of Renewal 51 %+45.0 %
Three Visits 50 %+20.2 %
Explore 50 %+27.7 %
Rumble Arena 50 %+47.6 %
Rishkar's Expertise 49 %+19.2 %
Inspiring Call 48 %+34.4 %
Azusa, Lost but Seeking 48 %+31.0 %
Entish Restoration 47 %+29.1 %
Reliquary Tower 46 %+14.3 %
Solid Ground 46 %+43.5 %
Oracle of Mul Daya 45 %+30.3 %
Nissa, Who Shakes the World 45 %+28.5 %
Cracked Earth Technique 45 %+42.7 %
Earth Rumble 42 %+40.5 %
Garruk's Uprising 42 %+2.6 %
Kodama of the West Tree 42 %+35.6 %
Darksteel Citadel 41 %+40.4 %
Ashaya, Soul of the Wild 41 %+25.6 %
Llanowar Elves 40 %-14.0 %
Skyshroud Claim 39 %+20.1 %
Hardened Scales 38 %+24.0 %

Format legality

Standard Not legal

Pioneer Not legal

Modern Not legal

Legacy Legal

Vintage Legal

Pauper Not legal

Commander Legal

Oathbreaker Legal

Duel Commander Legal

Brawl Legal

Standard Brawl Not legal

Historic Legal

Timeless Legal

Alchemy Not legal

Penny Not legal

Premodern Not legal

PreDH Not legal

Pauper EDH Not legal

Old School Not legal

Future Not legal

Gladiator Legal

All printings Scryfall ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

2025-10-02
"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."
2025-10-02
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.
2025-10-02
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.
2025-10-02
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.
2025-10-02
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 .
2025-10-02
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.