---
name: "Giant Koi"
mana_cost: "{4}{U}{U}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Fish"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Islandcycling", "Landcycling", "Typecycling", "Waterbend", "Cycling"]
set: "TLA"
set_name: "Avatar: The Last Airbender"
collector_number: "53"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Nathaniel Himawan"
oracle_id: "c93bb65a-a74a-499b-a538-65272079aab8"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/giant-koi-tla"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Giant Koi
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{U}{U}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Creature — Fish
- **Power/Toughness:** 5/7
- **Keywords:** Islandcycling, Landcycling, Typecycling, Waterbend, Cycling

## Oracle Text
Waterbend {3}: This creature can't be blocked this turn. (While paying a waterbend cost, you can tap your artifacts and creatures to help. Each one pays for {1}.)
Islandcycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for an Island card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Slipstream Eel](/printing/slipstream-eel-cmd.md) — Creature — Fish Beast
2. [Tidal Terror](/printing/tidal-terror-mom.md) — Creature — Octopus
3. [Ruthless Waterbender](/printing/ruthless-waterbender-tle.md) — Creature — Human Soldier Ally
4. [Waterbender Ascension](/printing/waterbender-ascension-tla.md) — Enchantment
5. [The Unagi of Kyoshi Island](/printing/the-unagi-of-kyoshi-island-tla.md) — Legendary Creature — Serpent
6. [Katara, Bending Prodigy](/printing/katara-bending-prodigy-tla.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Warrior Ally

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Avatar: The Last Airbender (TLA) #53
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Nathaniel Himawan
- **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`