Elemental Teachings
Mana Cost:
Type: Instant — Lesson
Oracle Text:
Search your library for up to four land cards with different names and reveal them. An opponent chooses two of those cards. Put the chosen cards into your graveyard and the rest onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Power/Toughness: -/-
Rarity: rare
Prints: View all prints (1) →
Expansion: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Price ( USD): $0.40
USD: $0.40 · EUR: €0.33
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Character Background
Elemental Teachings is a rare green instant that reads like a calibrated ramp/value spell: search up to four differently named lands, reveal them, and let an opponent pick two to send to your graveyard while the rest enter tapped. It best supports ramp and value strategies—particularly landfall, toolbox, and graveyard-combo decks—because you both accelerate mana and seed your yard with useful targets. Play it in Commander or midrange ramp shells that can afford a splash for nonbasic utility lands; pair it specifically with Ramunap Excavator, Crucible of Worlds, or Life from the Loam so lands your opponent consigns to the graveyard become repeatable resources, or with Scapeshift/Valakut combos in multi‑color builds that want precise land drops. Deckbuilding tip: lean on a wide set of differently named utility lands and a few fetches so opponents must choose between letting you field useful mana or burying recursion fodder—play it at end step to maximize information and deny easy disruption.
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