Since Magic: The Gathering revealed the next MTG x Avatar: The Last Airbender Universes Beyond set, fans have been clamouring for more information, and today they have it with a slew of new cards, artwork and mechanics to check out.
As 2025 surges forward, Wizards of the Coast continues to generate unseen excitement for Magic: the Gathering. While the Universes Beyond – Final Fantasy set is the best-selling set of all time, and Edge of Eternities is still in its peak of relevancy, WOTC looks to the future Universes Beyond set, Magic: The Gathering | Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Like every other set release, MTG | Avatar: The Last Airbender introduces new (and returning) mechanics to the tabletops of Magic: the Gathering. While previous set spoiler seasons have given fans a taste of what the bonus sheet would look like (with Edge of Eternities: Stellar Sights, and Final Fantasy: Through The Ages), WOTC’s reveal today is all about Avatar, mechanics, and multiple art treatments for card designs that fans of the series will be thrilled with.
It’s worth mentioning that there will be an extended ‘bonus sheet’ for Avatar (under the Eternal-Legal set code: TLE rather than the main set’s TLA), but none of the cards have been revealed so far, and neither have potential special guests that have been known to be included with each set, which started with The Lost Caverns of Ixalan.
Magic: The Gathering – New & Returning Mechanics in Avatar: The Last Airbender
Waterbending – Some spells and abilities have the keyword “waterbend” as part of their costs. For example, the activated ability of Aang’s Iceberg requires that you waterbend 3, which means the player can tap artifacts and creatures to help pay the cost, or use old-fashioned mana to activate the abilities. The choice is the players.
Earthbending – Earthbending is a keyword action like waterbending. Like how Earthbenders turn the terrain into weapons in Avatar: The Last Airbender, players can do the same with the help of spells and abilities that instruct them to earthbend in Magic: The Gathering. Earthbending Lesson, which turns a target land you control into a 0/0 land creature with haste, then puts four +1/+1 counters on that creature-land. When that now-creature dies or is exiled, it returns as a tapped non-creature land.
Airbending – Airbending is another new keyword action that helps players control the board without aggression. When you airbend a permanent, you exile it or flicker it out. As long as the target card remains exiled, its owner may cast it for two mana rather than its listed mana cost. While Appa notably only airbends your permanents, it’s possible airbending can be done to an opponent’s permanents. This ability’s power is increased by using synergy that helps when playing cards from exile.
Firebending – Firebending is a keyword ability that turns your aggression into power. When a creature with firebending X attacks, you add X red mana where X is equal to the creature’s power. That red mana doesn’t go away until the end of the combat step, allowing players to ramp up their assault with instant speed cards quickly.
Magic: The Gathering | Avatar: The Last Airbender – Special Card Treatments And Where They Can Be Found!
Like previous MTG sets, Avatar: The Last Airbender Universes Beyond features a variety of specialized card treatments. There are showcase and extended art cards, featuring stunning artwork reminiscent of Avatar: The Last Airbender. The specialized treatments follow Avatar‘s style throughout, and include iconic imagery from Avatar: The Last Airbender, but placed on Magic: The Gathering card artwork. Showcase treatments are available in every booster pack, but other treatments (like the textless full art cards) are more limited.
The table below outlines each specialized treatment (announced so far) and which Magic: The Gathering product it can be found in, along with the listed MSRP price for each product as denoted by WOTC.
| Card Treatment | Play Booster | Collector Booster |
| Full Art Appa Lands | X | X |
| Elemental Frame Cards | X | X |
| Borderless Field Notes | X | X |
| Borderless Double-Faced Sagas | X | X |
| Borderless Raised Foil Avatar Aang (English Collector’s Packs Only) | X |
MSRPs for Magic: The Gathering | Avatar: The Last Airbender will be set as follows:
- Play Booster: $6.99
- Collector Booster: $37.99
- Jumpstart Booster: $6.99
- Bundle: $69.99
- Commander’s Bundle: $109.99
- Scene Box: $41.99
- Beginner Box: $34.99
Magic: The Gathering | Avatar: The Last Airbender debuts on October 28, and WOTC will likely reveal many more cards before then. Until they do, all of the revealed cards so far (that haven’t been shown) can be seen below.
WOTC will be kicking off previews next month with the set’s debut on October 28, so fans can tune in to the debut on the official Magic: The Gathering YouTube channel. The full set release is scheduled for November 21, and a designated date for pre-orders has not been revealed just yet, so fans should check storefronts like Amazon regularly if they want to secure the next Magic: The Gathering | Avatar: The Last Airbender Universes Beyond cards.
