Hama, the Bloodbender

Hama is a 5-mana UB legendary that mills 3 on ETB, then offers repeatable "cast from graveyard" access to an exiled noncreature nonland card for as long as she stays in play via waterbending (tapping artifacts/creatures to pay). She is a signature include in mill and graveyard-matters shells where opponent's graveyard is regularly stocked, and pairs well with spellslinger and control strategies that want to recur opponent's high-value instants/sorceries. Her value is highly contingent on what she hits in the graveyard and on board presence to fuel the waterbend cost, making her inconsistent in low-creature/artifact shells.

• Hama's cast-from-exile ability persists only while she stays on the battlefield — bouncing or removing her voids access to the exiled card, which remains in exile permanently (cannot be re-exiled or re-accessed).

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• The waterbend cost (tap artifacts/creatures for {1} each) means Hama scales dramatically with a wide board; in low-creature control shells she may struggle to cast expensive exiled cards without conventional mana.

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• She mills only 3 cards before selecting, so against opponents who have already drawn deep into their deck or who self-mill, her ETB can hit a richer graveyard on entry — timing her against reanimator opponents is particularly punishing.

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• EDHREC rank: #17,069