---
name: "Bitter Work"
mana_cost: "{1}{R}{G}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["G", "R"]
color_identity: ["G", "R"]
keywords: ["Exhaust", "Earthbend"]
set: "TLA"
set_name: "Avatar: The Last Airbender"
collector_number: "210"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Bun Toujo"
oracle_id: "e9a24ed8-e844-4c50-b386-bc28da9989b1"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/bitter-work-tla"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Bitter Work
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{R}{G}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment
- **Keywords:** Exhaust, Earthbend

## Oracle Text
Whenever you attack a player with one or more creatures with power 4 or greater, draw a card.
Exhaust — {4}: Earthbend 4. Activate only during your turn. (Target land you control becomes a 0/0 creature with haste that's still a land. Put four +1/+1 counters on it. When it dies or is exiled, return it to the battlefield tapped. Activate each exhaust ability only once.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Rebellious Captives](/printing/rebellious-captives-tla.md) — Creature — Human Peasant Ally
2. [The Boulder, Ready to Rumble](/printing/the-boulder-ready-to-rumble-tla.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Warrior Performer
3. [Earthbending Student](/printing/earthbending-student-tle.md) — Creature — Human Warrior Ally
4. [Toph, Earthbending Master](/printing/toph-earthbending-master-tle.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Warrior Ally
5. [Beifong's Bounty Hunters](/printing/beifongs-bounty-hunters-tla.md) — Creature — Human Mercenary
6. [Earth Village Ruffians](/printing/earth-village-ruffians-tla.md) — Creature — Human Soldier Rogue

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Avatar: The Last Airbender (TLA) #210
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Bun Toujo
- **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`