---
name: "Platypus-Bear"
mana_cost: "{1}{G/U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Platypus Bear"
colors: ["G", "U"]
color_identity: ["G", "U"]
keywords: ["Mill", "Defender"]
set: "TLA"
set_name: "Avatar: The Last Airbender"
collector_number: "236"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Maël Ollivier-Henry"
oracle_id: "933e4e8a-01ea-4f58-8f5e-4f6c43f4e105"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/platypus-bear-tla"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Platypus-Bear
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{G/U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Platypus Bear
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/3
- **Keywords:** Mill, Defender

## Oracle Text
Defender
When this creature enters, mill two cards. (Put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard.)
As long as there is a Lesson card in your graveyard, this creature can attack as though it didn't have defender.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ursine Monstrosity](/printing/ursine-monstrosity-dsc.md) — Creature — Bear Mutant
2. [Wall of Lost Thoughts](/printing/wall-of-lost-thoughts-rna.md) — Creature — Wall
3. [Blanchwood Prowler](/printing/blanchwood-prowler-bro.md) — Creature — Elemental
4. [Doorkeeper](/printing/doorkeeper-rtr.md) — Creature — Homunculus
5. [Saprazzan Breaker](/printing/saprazzan-breaker-mmq.md) — Creature — Beast
6. [Sparring Dummy](/printing/sparring-dummy-tla.md) — Artifact Creature — Scarecrow

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Avatar: The Last Airbender (TLA) #236
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Maël Ollivier-Henry
- **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`