Avatar by derpego

Format: Commander

Commander: Avatar Aang // Aang, Master of Elements

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 14

Deck overview

The deck's central plan is to deploy Avatar Aang, perform all four bend types in one turn, and transform him. The most concrete setup uses Airbender Ascension, Ba Sing Se, Fire Nation Palace, and Crashing Wave, but this requires many specific permanents, colors, and roughly nine mana after the commander is already in play. When it works, Avatar Aang draws cards from each bend and becomes a 6/6 flyer. The next upkeep can produce four cards, four counters, life gain, and 4 damage to each opponent. The engine is powerful but slow and exposed. The rest of the deck supports it with Allies, counters, Lessons, removal, and Sagas, yet it does not provide a compact kill, a total lock, or a supported infinite combo. Expect a value-oriented midrange game in which combat and repeated transformed-Aang value eventually matter, rather than a reliable early win.

Decklist (78 cards)

  • 1 Aang, Swift Savior // Aang and La, Ocean's Fury
  • 1 Aang, at the Crossroads // Aang, Destined Savior
  • 1 Aang, the Last Airbender
  • 1 Abandon Attachments
  • 1 Accumulate Wisdom
  • 1 Airbender Ascension
  • 1 Airbender's Reversal
  • 1 Airbending Lesson
  • 1 Airship Engine Room
  • 1 Allies at Last
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Avatar Aang // Aang, Master of Elements
  • 1 Ba Sing Se
  • 1 Beifong's Bounty Hunters
  • 1 Boiling Rock Prison
  • 1 Cracked Earth Technique
  • 1 Crashing Wave
  • 1 Dai Li Agents
  • 1 Day of Black Sun
  • 1 Destined Confrontation
  • 1 Earth King's Lieutenant
  • 1 Earth Kingdom General
  • 1 Earthbender Ascension
  • 1 Earthbending Lesson
  • 1 Fire Nation Palace
  • 1 Firebender Ascension
  • 1 Flexible Waterbender
  • 1 Foggy Bottom Swamp
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Great Divide Guide
  • 1 Haru, Hidden Talent
  • 1 Iroh's Demonstration
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Jeong Jeong, the Deserter
  • 1 Katara, the Fearless
  • 1 Kyoshi Village
  • 1 Meditation Pools
  • 1 Misty Palms Oasis
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 North Pole Gates
  • 1 Octopus Form
  • 1 Origin of Metalbending
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Ruinous Waterbending
  • 1 Serpent's Pass
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solstice Revelations
  • 1 Spirit Water Revival
  • 1 Sun-Blessed Peak
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 The Legend of Kyoshi // Avatar Kyoshi
  • 1 The Legend of Roku // Avatar Roku
  • 1 The Legend of Yangchen // Avatar Yangchen
  • 1 Thriving Grove
  • 1 Toph, the First Metalbender
  • 1 Uncle Iroh
  • 1 Waterbending Lesson
  • 1 White Lotus Hideout
  • 1 White Lotus Reinforcements
  • 1 Yue, the Moon Spirit
  • 1 Zhao, Ruthless Admiral
  • 1 Zuko's Conviction