Earthbending Student
- Mana cost
- {2}{G}
- Type
- Creature — Human Warrior Ally
- Power / toughness
- 1 / 3
- Set
- Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal #249 (uncommon)
When this creature enters, earthbend 2. (Target land you control becomes a 0/0 creature with haste that's still a land. Put two +1/+1 counters on it. When it dies or is exiled, return it to the battlefield tapped.)
Land creatures you control have vigilance. (Attacking doesn't cause them to tap.)
Earthbending Student has 1 printing, first in Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal (2025). EDHREC ranks it #5,338 among Commander cards. It appears most in Toph, the First Metalbender decks (12,135 on EDHREC). It has 6 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Earthbending Student most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Toph, the First Metalbender: 12,135 decks
- Toph, Earthbending Master: 3,114 decks
- Avatar Aang // Aang, Master of Elements: 2,982 decks
- Bumi, Unleashed: 2,379 decks
- Toph, Greatest Earthbender: 1,464 decks
- Toph, Hardheaded Teacher: 1,384 decks
- Avatar Kyoshi, Earthbender: 589 decks
- Jolrael, Voice of Zhalfir: 318 decks
Often played with Earthbending Student
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : 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.
- : 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.
- : "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."
- : 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 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.
- : 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.