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Ruinous Waterbending
SORCERY — LESSON Uncommon
Avatar: The Last Airbender EDHREC #16,276
$0.24
-7.7%
7 days
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Ruinous Waterbending Price Summary
Ruinous Waterbending's current headline price is $0.24.
Ruinous Waterbending Printings & Prices
1 printings
Ruinous Waterbending has 1 tracked printing across 1 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes.
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Sell Ruinous Waterbending: Buylist Offers
2 offers
| Buyer | Printing | Finish | Cash offer | Retail | Spread |
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| Card Kingdom | TLA #118 | Foil | — | — | — |
| Card Kingdom | TLA #118 | Nonfoil | — | — | — |
Ruinous Waterbending Rules Text & Legality
View on Scryfall ↗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.
Ruinous Waterbending is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy and Commander, and not legal in Pauper.
standard
Legal
pioneer
Legal
modern
Legal
legacy
Legal
commander
Legal
pauper
Not legal
Ruinous Waterbending Rulings
5 most recent
- Oct 2, 2025 "Waterbend [cost]" means "Pay [cost]. For each generic mana in that cost, you may tap an untapped artifact or creature you control rather than pay that mana."
- Oct 2, 2025 Even if the cost of the spell or ability that waterbend is part of increases or decreases, you still may only tap artifacts or creatures to pay for costs up to the amount of the generic mana in the waterbend cost.
- Oct 2, 2025 If a waterbend cost is part of the total cost to cast a spell or activate an ability, you may tap an untapped artifact or creature you control rather than pay one generic mana in that total cost any number of times up to a maximum of the amount of generic mana in the waterbend component of that total cost.
- Oct 2, 2025 If an artifact or creature you control has a mana ability with {T} in the cost, activating that ability while casting a spell or activating an ability with waterbend will result in the artifact or creature being tapped before you pay the spell's costs. You won't be able to tap it again for waterbend. Similarly, if you sacrifice an artifact or creature to activate a mana ability to pay a cost with waterbend, that artifact or creature won't be on the battlefield when you pay the spell's costs, so you won't be able to tap it for waterbend.
- Oct 2, 2025 You can tap any untapped creature or artifact you control to pay a waterbend cost, even one you haven't controlled continuously since the beginning of your most recent turn.
Reprints & Reprint Risk
2 printings
Ruinous Waterbending has been reprinted 2 times. The Avatar: The Last Airbender reprint cut the price 70% in 30 days.
| Set | Date | Rarity | Treatment | Price before | Day 1 | 30 days | 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TLA #118 | 2025-11-21 | Uncommon | Standard | — | — | — | — |
| TLA #118 | 2025-11-21 | Uncommon | Standard | — | — | — | — |
Ruinous Waterbending in Commander
Ruinous Waterbending is the #16,276 most-played card on EDHREC, up 215 places over the last 30 days.
Ruinous Waterbending FAQ
How much is Ruinous Waterbending worth?
Ruinous Waterbending is worth about $0.24 for its cheapest playable printing as of Sep 24, 2026.
Is Ruinous Waterbending legal in Commander?
Yes — Ruinous Waterbending is legal in Commander. It is also legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern and Legacy.
Has Ruinous Waterbending been reprinted?
Yes — Ruinous Waterbending has been reprinted 2 times, with 1 printings tracked on The Index.
Why is Ruinous Waterbending cheap?
Ruinous Waterbending trades at about $0.24 — 2 reprints keep supply plentiful, and Commander demand is modest (#16,276 on EDHREC).