Card text
Choose one —
• Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
• Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)
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Mana cost
{1}{G}
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Card text
Choose one —
• Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
• Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)
Format legality
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- AlchemyLegal
About Origin of Metalbending
Origin of Metalbending (187) is a Green Instant — Lesson from Avatar: The Last Airbender (TLA). It costs {1}{G} and has mana value 2. 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.
Choose one — • Destroy target artifact or enchantment. • Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)
Card details
- Card number
- 187
- Set
- Avatar: The Last Airbender (TLA)
- Set type
- Expansion
- Released
- 21 November 2025
- Rarity
- Common (C)
- Printing
- Standard
- Type line
- Instant — Lesson
- Colour
- Green
- Colour identity
- Green
- Mana cost
- {1}{G}
- Finish
- Non-foil
TCGplayer listing: Origin of Metalbending
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