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The amount of good Avatar: The Last Airbender cards left me in a little bit of a bind. I wasn’t sure how to arrange the lists so that they would feel like each article covered a good amount of cards. But the multicolor list turned out to be huge—so huge that combining green with it would be too big an article.

Thankfully, a solution presented itself. That solution being the green cards themselves.

It’s always fun for me when I review a set, partially because, over time, I start to see intended interactions. How, at least in a closed environment, these cards are supposed to function. And the Avatar: The Last Airbender set is a great lesson in how deep and complex that process can be. Though there are too many variables with the standard card pool included to be sure, I’m already thinking of decks and combos that might show up in competitive play.

Avatar: The Last Airbender (the Magic: The Gathering set) is a powerhouse, a game changer, and a strangely designed set. Lots of little choices made I find extremely odd. The four bending styles are all represented through unique abilities, but they seem incredibly unbalanced. Airbending is brutal, disruptive, and multifaceted. While firebending is often terrible, and waterbending feels very under considered. Of the four, only earthbending really captures my imagination.