Card text
Target creature gains menace until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Creatures target player controls get +2/+0 until end of turn.
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Mana cost
{2}{R}
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Card text
Target creature gains menace until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Creatures target player controls get +2/+0 until end of turn.
Format legality
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- AlchemyLegal
About How to Start a Riot
How to Start a Riot (140) is a Red Instant — Lesson from Avatar: The Last Airbender (TLA). It costs {2}{R} and has mana value 3. It is printed at Common rarity. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern and Legacy and 8 more formats.
Avatar: The Last Airbender is a main expansion, released November 2025.
Target creature gains menace until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) Creatures target player controls get +2/+0 until end of turn.
Card details
- Card number
- 140
- Set
- Avatar: The Last Airbender (TLA)
- Set type
- Expansion
- Released
- 21 November 2025
- Rarity
- Common (C)
- Printing
- Standard
- Type line
- Instant — Lesson
- Colour
- Red
- Colour identity
- Red
- Mana cost
- {2}{R}
- Finish
- Non-foil
TCGplayer listing: How to Start a Riot
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