r/TheLastAirbender • u/Earthmelon25253 He who knows 10,000 facts about Avatar • Jul 26 '25

Image "Yue The Moon Spirit" MTG Card Reveal

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u/nixahmose Jul 27 '25

I'm curious to see what Waterbend means given that its separate from the waterbending X keyword. Maybe it'll be something like:

"Activate this ability only if you have triggered waterbending this turn"
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"Activate this ability only if you have ________ this turn" where _____ is an effect that's part of waterbending X. So if waterbending 2 means "tap 2 creatures an opponent controls when this creature attacks," then Waterbend would mean "Activate this ability if you have tapped a creature an opponent controls this turn."

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u/figurative_capybara Jul 27 '25 edited Jul 27 '25

What's odd is it can't be based on mana spent, i.e water blue, air white etc. unless "Spirit Bend" is a thing. Or Black gets a totally different mechanic.

Quoting another post, this makes sense:

I thought something similar, based on the flip side of Aang.

Airbending is gaining life, waterbending is drawing cards, earthbending is putting a +1/+1 counter on a creature, and firebending is dealing noncombat damage to an opponent. Then Aang's flip shows his mastery of the elements by basically Bending 4 of every element when he flips.

In order to flip little Aang, you'd need to have gained life, drawn a card, put a +1/+1 counter on a creature, and have dealt noncombat damage to an opponent that turn - though Aang takes care of the Firebending when he enters.

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u/stfatherabraham Jul 27 '25

i'll point out that this SPECIFIC idea means aang kills you during your next draw step

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u/AmongstUs69 Jul 27 '25

How

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u/stfatherabraham Jul 27 '25

Aang draws you a card every time you bend. If drawing a card is bending...

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u/bradleybeasley2 Jul 28 '25

I think that it is more that to waterbend is to draw a card, not that drawing a card is waterbending. In the same way that apples are fruit, but not all fruit are apples.

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u/stfatherabraham Jul 28 '25

That's a fair idea, but it's not consistent with the actual wording of the post I'm commenting on.