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Firebending Lesson TLA 0138 · common

Firebending Lesson · {R} · Instant — Lesson · Kicker {4} (You may pay an additional {4} as you cast this spell.) Firebending Lesson deals 2 damage to target creature. If this spell was kicked, it deals 5 damage to that creature instead. · "Firebending is not something to fear, but if you don't respect it, it'll chew you up and spit you out." —Zuko

Firebending Lesson · {R} · Instant — Lesson · Kicker {4} (You may pay an additional {4} as you cast this spell.) Firebending Lesson deals 2 damage to target creature. If this spell was kicked, it deals 5 damage to that creature instead. · "Firebending is not something to fear, but if you don't respect it, it'll chew you up and spit you out." —Zuko

Price
from $0.191 printing
Win rate
58.8% GIH 80,287 instances · Premier Draft
Nov 18–Dec 31, 2025 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 47,206 wins in 80,287 card-in-hand instances.

67,705 distinct games · 21,516 distinct drafts · games recorded Nov 18–Dec 31, 2025.

17Lands file dated Jan 10, 2026 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

Play

Cheap removal also fills the graveyard with a Lesson. Spend it to protect your early board or save it for a key support creature.

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One-pick Draft
Cheap removal also fills the graveyard with a Lesson. Spend it to protect your early board or save it for a key support creature.

Draft data

58.8%when drawn (GIH)

+2.8 pp vs 56.0% average · 80,287 instances

Premier Draft · Nov 18–Dec 31, 2025 · average from 562,924 games

#66 of 289 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 3.4 on average (102,252 packs).

10 of 46 red cards · 1 of 13 red common cards.

Taken at pick3.935,356 picks
Makes the deck86.0%35,356 picks with known usage
When played56.6%168,683.5 matchesBenched 56.2%
18,219.5 matches
When drawn58.8%80,287 instances

Pick and maindeck observations: Nov 18–Dec 31, 2025. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.

○ Opening hand 58.2% · 32,664 instances
● Drawn later 59.2% · 47,623 instances

In hand 58.8% · 80,287 instances
Unseen in deck 55.5% · 103,343 instances
+3.3 percentage points when drawn

Compared with red cards

Win rate when drawn58.8%80,287 instances10 of 46
Opening hand58.2%32,664 instances12 of 44
Drawn later59.2%47,623 instances8 of 45
In the deck57.0%185,358 instances11 of 49
Without seeing it55.5%103,343 instances16 of 47
Improvement when drawn+3.3 pp80,287 instances / 103,343 instances10 of 46
When benched56.2%18,219.5 matches11 of 53
Makes the deck86.0%35,356 picks with known usage2 of 51
Pick (last seen)3.4102,252 packs10 of 53
Taken at3.935,356 picks9 of 51

Ranks require 100 observations for that metric; comparisons are descriptive, not a pick order. Pick ranks put earlier picks first.

Best decks for it

no-splash decks only · card-level in-hand rates · 100 minimum

Combat Lessons UR61.1%12,522 instancesEarth Rumble Ramp RG59.2%3,720 instancesGo-Wide Aggro RW58.3%10,324 instancesFire Nation Aggro BR58.1%6,023 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (58.8% · 80,287 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Dragonfly Swarm+5.3 pp24,793 games with both in the deck · 7,625 both drawnThe Legend of Kyoshi+9.3 pp2,599 games with both in the deck · 605 both drawnFire Nation Raider+5.1 pp10,865 games with both in the deck · 2,614 both drawn
How to read this

Observational, not a causal bonus. Both cards must be in the deck. Drawn means opening hand or normally drawn; each card counts once per game. Game-level approximate intervals do not account for repeated games by the same drafter.

At least 100 games in each of four drawn/not-drawn groups; adjusted for game length and screened by the lower confidence bound. Do not add these points to a card’s win rate.

Where it sits in the set

Above 77% of 289 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.

30% or lowerWin rate94% or higher

17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Nov 18–Dec 31, 2025

Collect

1 printingScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

TLA 0138 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster · Collector Booster · jumpstart · prerelease-zuko$0.19
FoilPlay Booster · Collector Booster$0.28

Foil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 150 packs (0.67%) · 18.2% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 12 packs (8.64%) · 93.4% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 30 packs (3.30%) · 33.1% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a jumpstart · Modeled · About 1 in 7 packs (13.64%) · 97.0% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a prerelease-zuko · Modeled · About 1 in 2 packs (50.00%) · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

How to pull it

Official rates for the whole category, not this card.

BoosterSlotPer packCategory
Play BoosterCommons100% per positionMain set common
Play BoosterCommon or source material96.15384615384616%Main set common
Play BoosterWildcard4.2%Main set common
Play BoosterFoil card53.9%Main set common
Collector BoosterFoil commons100% per positionFoil commons and dual lands

Wizards · Collecting Avatar: The Last Airbender ↗ · Oct 28, 2025

Details & sources

Legal in
Standard · Historic · Timeless · Pioneer · Modern · Legacy · Pauper · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
Illustration
Toni Infante, TLA 138 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
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Sources
Wizards · Collecting Avatar: The Last Airbender · Oct 28, 2025
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
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