---
name: "Toph, Hardheaded Teacher"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}{G}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Warrior Ally"
colors: ["G", "R"]
color_identity: ["G", "R"]
keywords: ["Earthbend"]
set: "TLA"
set_name: "Avatar: The Last Airbender"
collector_number: "246"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Ruwen Liu"
oracle_id: "8c1c0117-6fc0-43c5-a4c8-6472de6503d9"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/toph-hardheaded-teacher-tla"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Toph, Hardheaded Teacher
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}{G}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Warrior Ally
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/4
- **Keywords:** Earthbend

## Oracle Text
When Toph enters, you may discard a card. If you do, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.
Whenever you cast a spell, earthbend 1. If that spell is a Lesson, put an additional +1/+1 counter on that land. (Target land you control becomes a 0/0 creature with haste that's still a land. Put a +1/+1 counter on it. When it dies or is exiled, return it to the battlefield tapped.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Toph, the Blind Bandit](/printing/toph-the-blind-bandit-tla.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Warrior Ally
2. [Toph, Greatest Earthbender](/printing/toph-greatest-earthbender-tle.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Warrior Ally
3. [Toph, Earthbending Master](/printing/toph-earthbending-master-tle.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Warrior Ally
4. [Toph, the First Metalbender](/printing/toph-the-first-metalbender-tla.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Warrior Ally
5. [Earthbending Lesson](/printing/earthbending-lesson-tla.md) — Sorcery — Lesson
6. [Earthbending Student](/printing/earthbending-student-tle.md) — Creature — Human Warrior Ally

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Avatar: The Last Airbender (TLA) #246
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Ruwen Liu
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`