---
name: "Ruinous Waterbending"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery — Lesson"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Waterbend"]
set: "TLA"
set_name: "Avatar: The Last Airbender"
collector_number: "118"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Yuu Fujiki"
oracle_id: "7d3a0216-871b-4c1b-adb1-de99b832f577"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ruinous-waterbending-tla"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Ruinous Waterbending
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery — Lesson
- **Keywords:** Waterbend

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may waterbend {4}. (While paying a waterbend cost, you can tap your artifacts and creatures to help. Each one pays for {1}.)
All creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn. If this spell's additional cost was paid, whenever a creature dies this turn, you gain 1 life.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ruthless Waterbender](/printing/ruthless-waterbender-tle.md) — Creature — Human Soldier Ally
2. [Water Whip](/printing/water-whip-tle.md) — Sorcery — Lesson
3. [Waterbending Lesson](/printing/waterbending-lesson-tla.md) — Sorcery — Lesson
4. [Crashing Wave](/printing/crashing-wave-tla.md) — Sorcery
5. [Waterbender's Restoration](/printing/waterbenders-restoration-tle.md) — Instant — Lesson
6. [Spirit Water Revival](/printing/spirit-water-revival-ptla.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Avatar: The Last Airbender (TLA) #118
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Yuu Fujiki
- **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`