---
name: "Waterbender's Restoration"
mana_cost: "{U}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant — Lesson"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Waterbend"]
set: "TLE"
set_name: "Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal"
collector_number: "183"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Phima"
oracle_id: "285046f6-b3c4-4eb7-8712-9dffebabc762"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/waterbenders-restoration-tle"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Waterbender's Restoration
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant — Lesson
- **Keywords:** Waterbend

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, waterbend {X}. (While paying a waterbend cost, you can tap your artifacts and creatures to help. Each one pays for {1}.)
Exile X target creatures you control. Return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Water Whip](/printing/water-whip-tle.md) — Sorcery — Lesson
2. [Spirit Water Revival](/printing/spirit-water-revival-ptla.md) — Sorcery
3. [Ruinous Waterbending](/printing/ruinous-waterbending-tla.md) — Sorcery — Lesson
4. [Foggy Swamp Visions](/printing/foggy-swamp-visions-tla.md) — Sorcery
5. [Waterbending Lesson](/printing/waterbending-lesson-tla.md) — Sorcery — Lesson
6. [Airbender's Reversal](/printing/airbenders-reversal-tla.md) — Instant — Lesson

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal (TLE) #183
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Phima
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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