---
name: "Airbending Lesson"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant — Lesson"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Airbend"]
set: "TLA"
set_name: "Avatar: The Last Airbender"
collector_number: "8"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Pisukev"
oracle_id: "e101b744-9175-4aa5-bf80-d6944359e538"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/airbending-lesson-tla"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Airbending Lesson
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant — Lesson
- **Keywords:** Airbend

## Oracle Text
Airbend target nonland permanent. (Exile it. While it's exiled, its owner may cast it for {2} rather than its mana cost.)
Draw a card.

> *「これはおもしろい手を打ってきたな。」
――ギャツォ和尚*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Airbender's Reversal](/printing/airbenders-reversal-tla.md) — Instant — Lesson
2. [Whirlwind Technique](/printing/whirlwind-technique-tle.md) — Instant — Lesson
3. [Monk Gyatso](/printing/monk-gyatso-tle.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Monk
4. [Aang, the Last Airbender](/printing/aang-the-last-airbender-tla.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Avatar Ally
5. [Release to the Wind](/printing/release-to-the-wind-prix.md) — Instant
6. [Appa, Steadfast Guardian](/printing/appa-steadfast-guardian-tla.md) — Legendary Creature — Bison Ally

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Avatar: The Last Airbender (TLA) #8
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Pisukev
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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