---
name: "Ozai's Cruelty"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery — Lesson"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "TLA"
set_name: "Avatar: The Last Airbender"
collector_number: "113"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "ikeda_cpt"
oracle_id: "aba5c046-2f8c-4749-b347-9a7d8cb1c865"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ozais-cruelty-tla"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Ozai's Cruelty
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery — Lesson

## Oracle Text
Ozai's Cruelty deals 2 damage to target player. That player discards two cards.

> *„Du wirst Respekt lernen, und Leid wird dein Lehrer sein."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Blightning](/printing/blightning-ala.md) — Sorcery
2. [Mental Agony](/printing/mental-agony-avr.md) — Sorcery
3. [Skullscorch](/printing/skullscorch-tor.md) — Sorcery
4. [Davriel's Shadowfugue](/printing/davriels-shadowfugue-war.md) — Sorcery
5. [Seeker's Folly](/printing/seekers-folly-fdn.md) — Sorcery
6. [Painful Lesson](/printing/painful-lesson-plst.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Avatar: The Last Airbender (TLA) #113
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** ikeda_cpt
- **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`