Wizards of the Coasthas finally given us our first look atMagic: The Gathering’s upcomingAvatar: The Last Airbendercollaboration, and it’s started with the most obvious character.
As anyone who has been keeping even half an eye on Magic: The Gathering will no doubt know,it’s going all-in on crossovers and collabs over the next few years. WotC has seen massive success withLord of the Rings,Fallout, andFinal Fantasy(just to name a few), and that’s just scratching the surface.
Alongside the upcoming Marvel crossover, one of the most anticipated sets coming to Magic: The Gathering in the near futureis the Avatar: The Last Airbender collab. It was a poorly-kept secret for ages until it was officially confirmed, and now we’ve finally got our first look at the set during a slew of reveals.
Wizards Of The Coast Has Finally Showcased MTG’s First Avatar Card
And It’s Exactly Who You Think It’d Be
At MagicCon Las Vegas' preview panel, several massive announcements were just made, such as Edge of Eternities featuring reprints of the ever-popular Shocklands. As exciting as that is, though, the biggest reveal was for the upcoming Avatar set, which is confirmed to be releasing on November 21.
Of course, the character that WotC chose to debut the set with is the one we’re all thinking of right now - Aang, the titular Last Airbender himself.The card revealed is a double-faced one, as Aang starts out as Avatar Aang, a Legendary Creature - Human Avatar Ally who can then transform into Aang, Master of Elements, a Legendary Creature - Avatar Ally.
Beyond giving us our first look at the Avatar set, the Aang card has also teased how the bending mechanics will work. It’s not quite enough to go on just yet, but it is interesting to see how some of the cards in the set are going to be used.
To transform Avatar Aang, you’ll have to waterbend, earthbend, firebend, and airbend in one turn, which lets you flip the card and utilise Aang, Master of Elements. As well as reducing all your spells by one of each colour of mana, you’ll be able to flip him back to Avatar Aang, draw four cards, gain four life, put four +1/+1 counters on him, and dish out four damage to each opponent.
