---
name: "Appa, Steadfast Guardian"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Bison Ally"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Airbend", "Flash"]
set: "TLA"
set_name: "Avatar: The Last Airbender"
collector_number: "10"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Maël Ollivier-Henry"
oracle_id: "03c141ca-11e4-4927-a6bd-980ee1203c73"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/appa-steadfast-guardian-tla"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Appa, Steadfast Guardian
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Bison Ally
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/4
- **Keywords:** Flying, Airbend, Flash

## Oracle Text
Flash
Flying
When Appa enters, airbend any number of other target nonland permanents you control. (Exile them. While each one is exiled, its owner may cast it for {2} rather than its mana cost.)
Whenever you cast a spell from exile, create a 1/1 white Ally creature token.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Appa, Loyal Sky Bison](/printing/appa-loyal-sky-bison-tla.md) — Legendary Creature — Bison Ally
2. [Monk Gyatso](/printing/monk-gyatso-tle.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Monk
3. [Appa, Aang's Companion](/printing/appa-aangs-companion-tle.md) — Legendary Creature — Bison Ally
4. [Aang, the Last Airbender](/printing/aang-the-last-airbender-tla.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Avatar Ally
5. [Aang, Airbending Master](/printing/aang-airbending-master-tle.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Avatar Ally
6. [Appa, the Vigilant](/printing/appa-the-vigilant-tle.md) — Legendary Creature — Bison Ally

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Avatar: The Last Airbender (TLA) #10
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Maël Ollivier-Henry
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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