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Ruinous Waterbending Avatar: The Last Airbender MTG card
TLA #118 · Art by Yuu Fujiki
TLA set symbol, UncommonAvatar: The Last Airbender#118Uncommon

Ruinous Waterbending

Sorcery · LessonWaterbend
TCGplayer market · TLA #118 nonfoil
$0.15 −21.1% −$0.04, 7 days
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30 days
−25.0%
EDHREC rank
#16,229 Up 58 in 30 days
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Ruinous Waterbending Price Summary

The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $0.15, down 21.1% over 7 days, down 25.0% over 30 days, down 25.0% over 90 days.

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Ruinous Waterbending in Sealed Products

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Ruinous Waterbending Printings & Prices

Ruinous Waterbending has 1 tracked printing across 1 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes.

TLA set symbol, UncommonTLA #118
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Ruinous Waterbending Rules Text & Legality

Ruinous Waterbending

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.

  • AlchemyLegal
  • BrawlLegal
  • CommanderLegal
  • Competitive BrawlLegal
  • Duel CommanderLegal
  • Future StandardLegal
  • GladiatorLegal
  • HistoricLegal
  • LegacyLegal
  • ModernLegal
  • OathbreakerLegal
  • PioneerLegal
  • StandardLegal
  • Standard BrawlLegal
  • TimelessLegal
  • VintageLegal
  • Old SchoolNot legal
  • PauperNot legal
  • Pauper CommanderNot legal
  • Penny DreadfulNot legal
  • PreDHNot legal
  • PremodernNot legal
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Ruinous Waterbending Rulings

  • 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

Ruinous Waterbending has been reprinted 2 times. The Avatar: The Last Airbender reprint cut the price 70% in 30 days.

  • Nov 21, 2025TLA set symbol, UncommonAvatar: The Last Airbender · foilTLA #118
  • Nov 21, 2025TLA set symbol, UncommonAvatar: The Last AirbenderTLA #118

Ruinous Waterbending in Commander

Ruinous Waterbending is the #16,229 most-played card on EDHREC, up 58 places over the last 30 days.

#16,229 EDHREC rank
across all Commander decks Up 58 in 30 days

Ruinous Waterbending FAQ

How much is Ruinous Waterbending worth?

Ruinous Waterbending is worth about $0.15 for its cheapest playable printing as of Nov 9, 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 $0.15; 2 reprints keep supply plentiful, and Commander demand is modest (#16,229 on EDHREC).