Fire Nation Cadets

Mana cost: {R}
Type: Creature — Human Soldier
Power / toughness: 1 / 2
Set: Avatar: The Last Airbender #134 (common)
Price: $0.15 USD

This creature has firebending 2 as long as there's a Lesson card in your graveyard. (Whenever this creature attacks, add {R}{R}. This mana lasts until end of combat.)
{2}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Fire Nation Cadets has 1 printing, first in Avatar: The Last Airbender (2025). EDHREC ranks it #12,122 among Commander cards. It appears most in Fire Lord Azula decks (2,144 on EDHREC). It has 6 official rulings.

Legality

commander: legal
legacy: legal
vintage: legal
pauper: legal
modern: legal
pioneer: legal
standard: legal
brawl: legal

Commanders that run Fire Nation Cadets most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

Often played with Fire Nation Cadets

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

Rulings

2025-10-02: Firebending abilities aren't mana abilities. They use the stack and can be responded to.
2025-10-02: You must have a Lesson card in your graveyard while you attack with Fire Nation Cadets in order for the firebending 2 ability to trigger. If you put a Lesson card into your graveyard after Fire Nation Cadets has attacked, Fire Nation Cadets will still gain firebending 2, but the ability will not trigger.
2025-10-02: Multiple instances of firebending on the same creature trigger separately, each granting you the appropriate amount of mana.
2025-10-02: "Firebending N" is a keyword that represents the ability "Whenever this creature attacks, add N {R}. Until end of combat, you don't lose this mana as steps end."
2025-10-02: Mana from firebending abilities isn't lost until you leave combat and go to your second main phase. It can be used at any time during combat, even after combat damage has been dealt.
2025-10-02: Any other mana you add during combat will still be lost as normal when moving between steps of combat.

Printings

Avatar: The Last Airbender #134