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Waterbending Lesson TLA 0080 · common

Waterbending Lesson · {3}{U} · Sorcery — Lesson · Draw three cards. Then discard a card unless you waterbend {2}. (While paying a waterbend cost, you can tap your artifacts and creatures to help. Each one pays for {1}.) · "Just push and pull the water—like this." —Katara

Waterbending Lesson · {3}{U} · Sorcery — Lesson · Draw three cards. Then discard a card unless you waterbend {2}. (While paying a waterbend cost, you can tap your artifacts and creatures to help. Each one pays for {1}.) · "Just push and pull the water—like this." —Katara

Price
from $0.201 printing
Win rate
57.0% GIH 70,882 instances · Premier Draft
Nov 18–Dec 31, 2025 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 40,438 wins in 70,882 card-in-hand instances.

64,884 distinct games · 22,719 distinct drafts · games recorded Nov 18–Dec 31, 2025.

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

Draft data

57.0%when drawn (GIH)

+1.0 pp vs 56.0% average · 70,882 instances

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

#108 of 289 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 5.3 on average (172,607 packs).

19 of 47 blue cards · 6 of 13 blue common cards.

Taken at pick6.936,631 picks
Makes the deck74.5%36,631 picks with known usage
When played55.9%147,814.3 matchesBenched 56.3%
41,510.7 matches
When drawn57.0%70,882 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 54.8% · 26,657 instances
● Drawn later 58.4% · 44,225 instances

In hand 57.0% · 70,882 instances
Unseen in deck 55.5% · 84,690 instances
+1.6 percentage points when drawn

Compared with blue cards

Win rate when drawn57.0%70,882 instances19 of 47
Opening hand54.8%26,657 instances22 of 43
Drawn later58.4%44,225 instances19 of 43
In the deck56.3%157,294 instances18 of 49
Without seeing it55.5%84,690 instances9 of 49
Improvement when drawn+1.6 pp70,882 instances / 84,690 instances27 of 47
When benched56.3%41,510.7 matches7 of 53
Makes the deck74.5%36,631 picks with known usage22 of 53
Pick (last seen)5.3172,607 packs34 of 53
Taken at6.936,631 picks30 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

Draw Two UB58.9%8,447 instancesCombat Lessons UR58.4%7,451 instancesFlying WU56.4%9,660 instancesRamp and Lessons UG54.8%805 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (57.0% · 70,882 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Otter-Penguin+3.2 pp35,044 games with both in the deck · 10,606 both drawnGran-Gran+2.3 pp31,854 games with both in the deck · 8,792 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 63% 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

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1 printingScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

TLA 0080 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster · Collector Booster · Beginner Box · jumpstart · prerelease-katara$0.20
FoilPlay Booster · Collector Booster$0.26

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 11 packs (9.09%) · 89.8% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a prerelease-katara · 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
Sylvain Sarrailh, TLA 80 · 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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