Card

Toph, Hardheaded Teacher

Mana cost {2}{R}{G}

Legendary Creature — Human Warrior Ally 3/4

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.)

No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. Part of 323 known combos. 6 official rulings.

Commander
Legal
Printing
Rare · TLA · #246
Cheapest printing
€0.66
EDHREC salt
—
Color identity
Green, Red
Keywords
Earthbend

Scryfall · EDHREC

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

323 known combos.

Combos: Commander Spellbook

Rulings

  • 2025-10-02 · Wizards of the Coast
    You may target a land that is already a creature, perhaps because of a previous earthbend ability. The land will get the +1/+1 counters, gain haste, and have its base power and toughness set to 0/0.
  • 2025-10-02 · Wizards of the Coast
    If the targeted land becomes an illegal target before the spell or ability that includes earthbend resolves, earthbend does nothing. If the spell or ability didn't have other targets, it won't resolve.
  • 2025-10-02 · Wizards of the Coast
    Earthbend doesn't give the land you control a color. As most lands are colorless, in most cases the resulting land creature will also be colorless.
  • 2025-10-02 · Wizards of the Coast
    The land will retain any other types, subtypes, or supertypes it previously had. It will also retain any mana abilities it had as a result of those subtypes. For example, a Forest that's turned into a creature this way can still be tapped for {G}.
  • 2025-10-02 · Wizards of the Coast
    "Earthbend N" means "Target land you control becomes a 0/0 land creature with haste in addition to its other types. Put N +1/+1 counters on it. When it dies or is exiled, return it to the battlefield tapped under your control."
  • 2025-10-02 · Wizards of the Coast
    If a land was animated by earthbend and would go to any zone other than the graveyard or exile, it will not be returned to the battlefield by the delayed triggered ability created by earthbend.

Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast

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