Card
Azula, Cunning Usurper
Mana cost {2}{U}{B}{B}
Legendary Creature — Human Noble Rogue 4/4
Firebending 2 (Whenever this creature attacks, add {R}{R}. This mana lasts until end of combat.) When Azula enters, target opponent exiles a nontoken creature they control, then they exile a nonland card from their graveyard. During your turn, you may cast cards exiled with Azula and you may cast them as though they had flash. Mana of any type can be spent to cast those spells.
No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. 8 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Rare · TLA · #208
- Cheapest printing
- €0.30
- EDHREC salt
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- Color identity
- Black, Blue
- Keywords
- Firebending
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
No known combos for this card.
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2025-10-02 · Wizards of the Coast
The six types of mana are white, blue, black, red, green, and colorless. - 2025-10-02 · Wizards of the Coast
Firebending abilities aren't mana abilities. They use the stack and can be responded to. - 2025-10-02 · Wizards of the Coast
Multiple instances of firebending on the same creature trigger separately, each granting you the appropriate amount of mana. - 2025-10-02 · Wizards of the Coast
"Firebending N" is a keyword that represents the ability "Whenever this creature attacks, add N {R}. Until end of combat, you don't lose this mana as steps end." - 2025-10-02 · Wizards of the Coast
You pay the costs for an exiled card if you cast it. You may pay any alternative costs the card has rather than the card's mana cost. - 2025-10-02 · Wizards of the Coast
Mana from firebending abilities isn't lost until you leave combat and go to your second main phase. It can be used at any time during combat, even after combat damage has been dealt. - 2025-10-02 · Wizards of the Coast
Any other mana you add during combat will still be lost as normal when moving between steps of combat. - 2025-10-02 · Wizards of the Coast
Casting an exiled card causes it to leave exile. You can't cast it multiple times.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast