---
name: "Elemental Teachings"
mana_cost: "{4}{G}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Instant — Lesson"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "PTLA"
set_name: "Avatar: The Last Airbender Promos"
collector_number: "178s"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Yoshioka"
oracle_id: "7255705c-b788-4bb1-824a-9262f4a0864e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/elemental-teachings-ptla"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Elemental Teachings
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{G}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Instant — Lesson

## Oracle Text
Search your library for up to four land cards with different names and reveal them. An opponent chooses two of those cards. Put the chosen cards into your graveyard and the rest onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

> *"Understanding others, the other elements, and the other nations will help you become whole."
—Iroh*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
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2. [Environmental Sciences](/printing/environmental-sciences-mb2.md) — Sorcery — Lesson
3. [Seismic Sense](/printing/seismic-sense-tla.md) — Sorcery — Lesson
4. [Shared Roots](/printing/shared-roots-soa.md) — Sorcery — Lesson
5. [Planar Genesis](/printing/planar-genesis-mh3.md) — Instant
6. [Winding Way](/printing/winding-way-plst.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Avatar: The Last Airbender Promos (PTLA) #178s
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Yoshioka
- **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: `legal`