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Avatar Aang // Aang, Master of Elements

Legendary Creature — Human Avatar Ally // Legendary Creature — Avatar Ally · {R}{G}{W}{U} · Black/Green/Red/Blue/White commander

Flying, firebending 2 Whenever you waterbend, earthbend, firebend, or airbend, draw a card. Then if you've done all four this turn, transform Avatar Aang. Flying Spells you cast cost {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} less to cast. (This can reduce generic costs.) At the beginning of each upkeep, you may transform Aang, Master of Elements. If you do, you gain 4 life, draw four cards, put four +1/+1 counters on him, and he deals 4 damage to each opponent.

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What Avatar Aang // Aang, Master of Elements 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 · otherWhenever you waterbend, earthbend, firebend, or airbend, draw a card. Then if you've done all four this turn, transform Avatar Aang.
• Triggered ability · upkeepAt the beginning of each upkeep, you may transform Aang, Master of Elements. If you do, you gain 4 life, draw four cards, put four +1/+1 counters on him, and he deals 4 damage to each opponent.
• Static ability · cost_reductionSpells you cast cost {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} less to cast.
• Keyword · flyingflying
• Keyword · firebendingfirebending
• Keyword · earthbendearthbend

What an Avatar Aang // Aang, Master of Elements deck needs

Plays as bending. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.

• waterbend, earthbend, firebend and airbend cards (each bending draws; all four flip it)

The Avatar Aang // Aang, Master of Elements deck plan

The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.

• 10× A cheap spell of any kind — casts per turn are the engine for an unrestricted cast trigger
• 7× Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
• 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
• 1× Answer a whole board at once
• 7× Refill your hand
• 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 11× Get ahead on mana

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