Toph, Hardheaded Teacher
- Mana cost
- {2}{R}{G}
- Type
- Legendary Creature — Human Warrior Ally
- Power / toughness
- 3 / 4
- Set
- Avatar: The Last Airbender #246 (rare)
- Price
- $0.60 USD
When Toph enters, you may discard a card. If you do, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.
Whenever you cast a spell, earthbend 1. If that spell is a Lesson, put an additional +1/+1 counter on that land. (Target land you control becomes a 0/0 creature with haste that's still a land. Put a +1/+1 counter on it. When it dies or is exiled, return it to the battlefield tapped.)
Toph, Hardheaded Teacher has 3 printings, first in Avatar: The Last Airbender Promos (2025). EDHREC ranks it #2,848 among Commander cards. It appears most in Toph, the First Metalbender decks (21,664 on EDHREC). It has 6 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Toph, Hardheaded Teacher most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Toph, the First Metalbender: 21,664 decks
- Avatar Aang // Aang, Master of Elements: 13,479 decks
- Iroh, Grand Lotus: 5,754 decks
- Bumi, Unleashed: 3,128 decks
- Toph, Greatest Earthbender: 1,757 decks
- Uncle Iroh: 62 decks
- Dal R'El, Augment Orphan: 5 decks
Often played with Toph, Hardheaded Teacher
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : 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.
- : 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.
- : 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.
- : 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 {G}.
- : "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."
- : 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.