---
name: "Sandbenders' Storm"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Earthbend"]
set: "TLA"
set_name: "Avatar: The Last Airbender"
collector_number: "34"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Robin Har"
oracle_id: "dfc8b8de-be1d-4f7f-bb21-4761a0e7db4e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sandbenders-storm-tla"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Sandbenders' Storm
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Earthbend

## Oracle Text
Choose one —
• Destroy target creature with power 4 or greater.
• Earthbend 3. (Target land you control becomes a 0/0 creature with haste that's still a land. Put three +1/+1 counters on it. When it dies or is exiled, return it to the battlefield tapped.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Earthbending Lesson](/printing/earthbending-lesson-tla.md) — Sorcery — Lesson
2. [Earthbending Student](/printing/earthbending-student-tle.md) — Creature — Human Warrior Ally
3. [The Boulder, Ready to Rumble](/printing/the-boulder-ready-to-rumble-tla.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Warrior Performer
4. [Ba Sing Se](/printing/ba-sing-se-ptla.md) — Land
5. [Fatal Fissure](/printing/fatal-fissure-tla.md) — Instant
6. [Beifong's Bounty Hunters](/printing/beifongs-bounty-hunters-tla.md) — Creature — Human Mercenary

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Avatar: The Last Airbender (TLA) #34
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Robin Har
- **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`