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Ruinous Waterbending
Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may waterbend {4}. (While paying a waterbend cost, you can tap your artifacts and creatures to help. Each one pays for {1}.)
All creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn. If this spell's additional cost was paid, whenever a creature dies this turn, you gain 1 life.
Card Details
Mana CostCharacter Background
Ruinous Waterbending is a cleanly cruel control tool that fits best in black-based tempo or attrition decks, where a modest sweeper can swing the board and stabilize your life total. At base, {1}{B}{B} for all creatures getting -2/-2 is excellent at picking off tokens, mana dorks, and early attackers, so it plays like a compact answer that buys time. The waterbend option raises the ceiling: if you can tap spare creatures or artifacts, you turn the spell into a mini-sweeper that rewards you with life for every creature that dies this turn, making it especially strong against go-wide decks. It also pairs well with token makers, cheap artifact fodder, and effects that leave your own creatures untapped for blocking after helping cast it. In an Avatar setting, the card feels like precise, oppressive bending rather than brute force—less a blast, more a tide that drains the battlefield while keeping you afloat.
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Character Background
Ruinous Waterbending is a cleanly cruel control tool that fits best in black-based tempo or attrition decks, where a modest sweeper can swing the board and stabilize your life total. At base, {1}{B}{B} for all creatures getting -2/-2 is excellent at picking off tokens, mana dorks, and early attackers, so it plays like a compact answer that buys time. The waterbend option raises the ceiling: if you can tap spare creatures or artifacts, you turn the spell into a mini-sweeper that rewards you with life for every creature that dies this turn, making it especially strong against go-wide decks. It also pairs well with token makers, cheap artifact fodder, and effects that leave your own creatures untapped for blocking after helping cast it. In an Avatar setting, the card feels like precise, oppressive bending rather than brute force—less a blast, more a tide that drains the battlefield while keeping you afloat.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-08-11 13:40:45 UTC