Ruinous Waterbending {1}{B}{B}

Sorcery — Lesson

As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may waterbend {4}. (While paying a waterbend cost, you can tap your artifacts and creatures to help. Each one pays for {1}.) All creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn. If this spell's additional cost was paid, whenever a creature dies this turn, you gain 1 life.

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Avatar: The Last Airbender

English · 2025-11-21

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💡 Standard legal because this card is from Avatar: The Last Airbender, released 2025-11-21, and the set is Standard legal.

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Oracle updated: July 6, 2026
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Legality checked: July 6, 2026
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Scryfall ID: 53161747-c82b-41e8-90ea-7791ea262a85
Oracle ID: 7d3a0216-871b-4c1b-adb1-de99b832f577
TCGplayer ID: 662607

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