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Waterbender Ascension TLA 0079 · rare

Waterbender Ascension · {1}{U} · Enchantment · Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, put a quest counter on this enchantment. Then if it has four or more quest counters on it, draw a card. Waterbend {4}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn. (While paying a waterbend cost, you can tap your artifacts and creatures to help. Each one pays for {1}.)

Waterbender Ascension · {1}{U} · Enchantment · Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, put a quest counter on this enchantment. Then if it has four or more quest counters on it, draw a card. Waterbend {4}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn. (While paying a waterbend cost, you can tap your artifacts and creatures to help. Each one pays for {1}.)

Price
from $0.793 printings
Win rate
45.4% GIH 4,021 instances · Premier Draft
Nov 18–Dec 31, 2025 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 1,824 wins in 4,021 card-in-hand instances.

3,966 distinct games · 1,672 distinct drafts · games recorded Nov 18–Dec 31, 2025.

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

Draft data

45.4%when drawn (GIH)

−10.6 pp vs 56.0% average · 4,021 instances

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

#285 of 289 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 4.0 on average (21,002 packs).

46 of 47 blue cards · 7 of 7 blue rare cards.

Taken at pick5.33,277 picks
Makes the deck50.0%3,277 picks with known usage
When played48.2%8,042 matchesBenched 55.2%
7,912 matches
When drawn45.4%4,021 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 42.8% · 1,573 instances
● Drawn later 47.0% · 2,448 instances

In hand 45.4% · 4,021 instances
Unseen in deck 50.6% · 5,244 instances
−5.2 percentage points when drawn

Compared with blue cards

Win rate when drawn45.4%4,021 instances46 of 47
Opening hand42.8%1,573 instances42 of 43
Drawn later47.0%2,448 instances43 of 43
In the deck48.3%9,263 instances47 of 49
Without seeing it50.6%5,244 instances43 of 49
Improvement when drawn−5.2 pp4,021 instances / 5,244 instances47 of 47
When benched55.2%7,912 matches39 of 53
Makes the deck50.0%3,277 picks with known usage30 of 53
Pick (last seen)4.021,002 packs17 of 53
Taken at5.33,277 picks21 of 53

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

Flying WU49.6%826 instancesDraw Two UB49.5% ◌499 instancesCombat Lessons UR38.4% ◌362 instancesRamp and Lessons UG47.6%42 instances · under 100

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (45.4% · 4,021 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Watery Grasp+7.5 pp3,235 games with both in the deck · 786 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 1% 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

3 printingsScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

TLA 0079 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster · Collector Booster · prerelease-katara$0.79
FoilPlay Booster · Collector Booster$1.04

Foil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 883 packs (0.11%) · 3.3% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 63 packs (1.59%) · 38.3% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 70 packs (1.43%) · 15.9% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a prerelease-katara · Modeled · About 1 in 13 packs (7.69%) · 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 BoosterWildcard16.7%Main set rare
Play BoosterRare or mythic80%Main set rare
Play BoosterFoil card6.7%Main set rare
Collector BoosterFoil rare or mythic85.7%Main set rare

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

Details & sources

Legal in
Standard · Historic · Timeless · Pioneer · Modern · Legacy · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
Illustration
Takeuchi Moto, TLA 79 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
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Sources
Wizards · Collecting Avatar: The Last Airbender · Oct 28, 2025
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗