---
name: "Airbender's Reversal"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant — Lesson"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Airbend"]
set: "TLA"
set_name: "Avatar: The Last Airbender"
collector_number: "7"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Kotakan"
oracle_id: "64e3791b-de99-4eed-af49-cbec218c28aa"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/airbenders-reversal-tla"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Airbender's Reversal
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant — Lesson
- **Keywords:** Airbend

## Oracle Text
Choose one —
• Destroy target attacking creature.
• Airbend target creature you control. (Exile it. While it's exiled, its owner may cast it for {2} rather than its mana cost.)

> *Aang setzte gegen Zuko die typische Luftbändigertaktik ein: ausweichen und meiden.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Airbending Lesson](/printing/airbending-lesson-tla.md) — Instant — Lesson
2. [Monk Gyatso](/printing/monk-gyatso-tle.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Monk
3. [Avatar's Wrath](/printing/avatars-wrath-ptla.md) — Sorcery
4. [Appa, Steadfast Guardian](/printing/appa-steadfast-guardian-tla.md) — Legendary Creature — Bison Ally
5. [Whirlwind Technique](/printing/whirlwind-technique-tle.md) — Instant — Lesson
6. [Airbender Ascension](/printing/airbender-ascension-ptla.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Avatar: The Last Airbender (TLA) #7
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Kotakan
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`