Among all cards in Avatar: The Last Airbender set, there’s one that everyone will want to open. (A so-called headliner card.) Naturally, that’s going to be Avatar Aang — namely its raised foil version.
Below you can learn everything we know so far, about this spectacular card. We’ll answer questions such as:
- How does Avatar Aang card work and transform?
- What are the odds for opening raised foil Avatar Aang card?
- In which products can you open alt-art Avatar Aang card?
- And more!
Let’s start by checking its regular version first and see what the card does.
MTG Avatar Aang Explained
You need to pay a mana of every color except black to cast Aavatar Aang. For that, you get a 4/4 flyer with firebending 2. You’ll also draw cards whenever you use any of the bending mechanics.
If you’re unfamiliar with those, you can check the following articles to learn about them:
If you managed to do all four in a single turn, you get to transform Avatar Aang into Aang, Master of Elements. That’s a 6/6 flyer that reduces the cost of your spells by one mana of each color. (Including black, which makes it a five color commander.)
You also get the option to transform it back on each upkeep. If you do, you get a bunch of rewards, including four life, four cards, four +1/+1 counters and four damage to each opponent.
So, the payoff for doing all four bending mechanics in a single turn is certainly there. However, that’s going to be a hard task — which is appropriate, as Aang spend a lot of time mastering all four elements before he could enter the avatar state.
An Easier Way to Transform
Of course, you could just speedrun it and cast Moonmist. Sure, it’s not very flavorful. (Imagine Aang simply entering the avatar state in the first episode and going absolutely ballistic on the Fire Nation right away.) But as far as the game play goes, it’s incredibly efficient.
If you’re building a commander deck around Avatar Aang, you’re probably going to include this card in the 99, as a plan B. The main plan would still be to properly use all four bending mechanics.
Anyhow, it seems like this card will provide a cool deckbuilding challenge, which is why it’s found place on our list of best Avatar Commanders.
Now you know how the card works, so it’s time to check its premium version.
Avatar Aang Headliner Version
The card was illustrated by no other than Bryan Konietzko, the co-creator and executive producer of both Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra shows. Thus, it’s not a surprise that the card looks truly spectacular.
The card features a special foiling process, the so-called raised foil treatment. It really makes the card pop out, and the above images don’t do it justice. The card will look even better in person.
If its price will be similar to the cosmic foil version of The Soul Stone (the headliner card from Spider-Man set), you can expect it to go in the five figures range. Not too shabby to say the least.
As expected, the card is going to be insanely rare, and therefore very valuable on the secondary market. Speaking of rarity, let’s check what are the chances of opening the card in your boosters.
Where Can You Open Avatar Aang & What Are the Odds?
First, we’ll examine the chances for opening the regular version, then the odds for the raised foil variant.
Avatar Aang Regular Version Odds
The odds for opening a random mythic in a Play booster are usually 1 in 7 (14.2%). Since Avatar is a full set (unlike Spider-Man, which was a small one), we can expect around 25 mythics. In that case, the odds to open a specific mythic are 1 in 175. This means each Avatar Play booster has a 0.57% chance for a regular version of Avatar Aang. (One in around six Play booster boxes.)
On the other hand, Collector boosters have five guaranteed rares or mythics. Thus, each Collector booster offers 2.85% for regular Avatar Aang. Now this percentage is only an estimate, as with each set, Collector boosters have slightly different distributions of alt-art rares.
This percentage includes all variants of Avatar Aang — regular art with traditional foil treatment, plus potentially a nonfoil extended art version. (The latter wasn’t confirmed yet, but expected from previous releases.)
Given that Collector boosters only include cards that are foil, alt-art, or both, you can’t actually get a nonfoil regular version of Avatar Aang card in them.
Avatar Aang Headliner Version Odds
First thing to note here is that raised-foil (headliner) version of Avatar Aang is only available in Collector boosters. You can’t open it in any other product.
Well technically, you could open on in Avatar Commander’s Bundle, as it contains a single Collector booster, from which you might pull Avatar Aang. (You can discover more about ATLA Commander Bundle’s Contents here.)
Anyhow, as far is the odds go, the chance is pretty small, though. Our best estimate is around 0.015% chance to open it in a single Collector booster. (If not even lower.) That’s the reason why the card will be so sought-after and likely fetch an extremely high price.
So, it’s pretty unlikely to open one in any given Collector booster. Similar odds to Katara and Sokka discovering Aang inside his iceberg, right?
Conclusion
And with that, we’re wrapping up our overview of the Avatar Aang card. If you have any question about it, or just want to share your opinion, write a comment below.
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- Full-Art Appa Basic Lands — Complete List
- Avatar Scene Boxes: Card List & Review
Until next time, have fun and may you open Avatar Aang in your very next booster pack. (At least the regular version.)