---
name: "Waterbending Lesson"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery — Lesson"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Waterbend"]
set: "TLA"
set_name: "Avatar: The Last Airbender"
collector_number: "80"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Sylvain Sarrailh"
oracle_id: "3d28886c-46bf-4d2e-a257-cb9016cc3573"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/waterbending-lesson-tla"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Waterbending Lesson
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery — Lesson
- **Keywords:** Waterbend

## Oracle Text
Draw three cards. Then discard a card unless you waterbend {2}. (While paying a waterbend cost, you can tap your artifacts and creatures to help. Each one pays for {1}.)

> *「こうやって、水を押したり引いたりするの。」
――カタラ*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Water Whip](/printing/water-whip-tle.md) — Sorcery — Lesson
2. [Waterbending Scroll](/printing/waterbending-scroll-tla.md) — Artifact
3. [Spirit Water Revival](/printing/spirit-water-revival-ptla.md) — Sorcery
4. [Ruinous Waterbending](/printing/ruinous-waterbending-tla.md) — Sorcery — Lesson
5. [Water Tribe Rallier](/printing/water-tribe-rallier-tla.md) — Creature — Human Soldier Ally
6. [Katara, Seeking Revenge](/printing/katara-seeking-revenge-tle.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Warrior Ally

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Avatar: The Last Airbender (TLA) #80
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Sylvain Sarrailh
- **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`