Katara, Bending Prodigy
TLA · uncommon · Released 2025-11-21
Power
Tier shown as baseline → best-case (in its ideal shell).
Derived from the 7 atoms below.
on rate
minor value alone
wants support
scales up
one mode
situational
easily answered
Commander Bracket
Archetypes
No active conflicts.
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Mechanics
Typal
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Structural
Rationale
Katara is a 2/3 legendary human warrior who grows with +1/+1 counters at end of step if tapped, rewarding an aggressive or tap-based strategy. Her waterbend ability is a costly card draw ({6} with convoke-style tapping of artifacts/creatures), making her a mana-sink in go-wide or artifact-heavy boards. She's a niche counters-voltron commander candidate but too slow and conditional for high-power play.
Learnings (3)
Katara's +1/+1 counter trigger fires at the beginning of your end step if she is tapped — she must be tapped by attacking or via a tap effect; the trigger does not care how she became tapped.
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The waterbend cost of {6} can be paid by tapping any artifacts or creatures you control (each paying {1}), making her card draw synergize with go-wide token or artifact strategies rather than pure voltron.
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As a mono-blue legendary creature, Katara is a viable but underpowered Brawl commander — she lacks evasion and the waterbend card draw is too slow without a wide board of tappers.
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Popularity
- EDHREC rank: #6,732