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Aang, the Last Airbender
Legendary Creature — Human Avatar Ally · {3}{W} · White commander
Flying
When Aang enters, airbend up to one other target nonland permanent. (Exile it. While it's exiled, its owner may cast it for {2} rather than its mana cost.)
Whenever you cast a Lesson spell, Aang gains lifelink until end of turn.
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What Aang, the Last Airbender actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Triggered ability · etbWhen Aang enters, airbend up to one other target nonland permanent.
- Triggered ability · cast_spellWhenever you cast a Lesson spell, Aang gains lifelink until end of turn.
- Keyword · flyingflying
- Keyword · airbendairbend
What an Aang, the Last Airbender deck wants
The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.
- 6× Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
- 16× A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
- 18× A cheap spell of any kind — casts per turn are the engine for an unrestricted cast trigger
- 16× Gain life repeatedly — for a commander that converts life gained into drain, the gain IS the damage
- 8× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 7× Refill your hand
Best cards for Aang, the Last Airbender
Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.
Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
- Airbender Ascension2 mana
- Eldrazi Displacer3 mana
- Eternal Acrobat Toast0 mana
- Conjurer's Closet5 mana
- Distinguished Conjurer2 mana
- Felidar Guardian4 mana
- Restoration Angel4 mana
- Teleportation Circle4 mana
A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
- Aang, the Last Airbender4 mana
- Appa, Steadfast Guardian4 mana
- Monk Gyatso4 mana
- Aang, Airbending Master5 mana
- Appa, Loyal Sky Bison6 mana
A cheap spell of any kind — casts per turn are the engine for an unrestricted cast trigger
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Walking Ballista0 mana
- Hangarback Walker0 mana
- Mishra's Bauble0 mana
- Sol Talisman0 mana
- Tormod's Crypt0 mana
- Urza's Bauble0 mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
Gain life repeatedly — for a commander that converts life gained into drain, the gain IS the damage
- Inventors' Fair0 mana
- Basilisk Collar1 mana
- Authority of the Consuls1 mana
- Serra Ascendant1 mana
- Shadowspear1 mana
- Soul Warden1 mana
- Witch's Clinic0 mana
- Ajani's Welcome1 mana
A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Cabaretti Courtyard0 mana
- Lotus Field0 mana
- Riveteers Overlook0 mana
- Talon Gates of Madara0 mana
- Soul Warden1 mana
- Soul's Attendant1 mana
- Mithril Coat3 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
- Flicker of Fate2 mana
- Generous Gift3 mana
- Erode1 mana
- Getaway Glamer1 mana
- Unwanted Remake1 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Final Showdown1 mana
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Martyr's Cry2 mana
- Split Up3 mana
- Cathedral Membrane2 mana
- Citywide Bust3 mana
- Harsh Mercy3 mana
- Retribution of the Meek3 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Open the Armory2 mana
- Enlightened Tutor1 mana
- Templar Knight2 mana
- Idyllic Tutor3 mana
- Ranger-Captain of Eos3 mana
- Loyal Tutor1 mana
- Recruiter of the Guard3 mana
- Search for Glory3 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Archivist of Oghma2 mana
- Smothering Tithe4 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Pip-Boy 30001 mana
- Vexing Bauble1 mana
- Caretaker's Talent3 mana