Badgermole Cub
Badgermole Cub: Creature - Badger Mole, Avatar: The Last Airbender. When this creature enters, earthbend 1. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{G}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Creature - Badger Mole
- Colour identity
- Green (G)
- Power / toughness
- 2/2
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Avatar: The Last Airbender (TLA)
- Released
- 2025-11-21
- Collector number
- 167
- Artist
- Nathaniel Himawan
- Keywords
- Earthbend
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About Badgermole Cub
Badgermole Cub is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare green creature from Avatar: The Last Airbender (TLA), an expansion set released in November 2025. It is collector number 167 in that set, with art by Nathaniel Himawan. It costs {1}{G} (one generic and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy and Gladiator. It is banned in Standard. It has been printed in 2 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $51.97 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
When this creature enters, earthbend 1. (Target land you control becomes a 0/0 creature with haste that's still a land. Put a +1/+1 counter on it. When it dies or is exiled, return it to the battlefield tapped.)
Whenever you tap a creature for mana, add an additional {G}.
Every mountain starts as a molehill.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $51.97 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Badgermole Cub by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Banned |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Alchemy | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Badgermole Cub
Badgermole Cub has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Avatar: The Last Airbender Promos (PTLA) #167s | Mythic | 2025 |
| Avatar: The Last Airbender (TLA) #326 | Mythic | 2025 |
Official rulings
The 8 most recent official rulings for Badgermole Cub, newest first.
- The land will retain any other types, subtypes, or supertypes it previously had. It will also retain any mana abilities it had as a result of those subtypes. For example, a Forest that's turned into a creature this way can still be tapped for {G}.
- Badgermole Cub's last ability is a triggered mana ability. It doesn't use the stack and can't be responded to.
- You may target a land that is already a creature, perhaps because of a previous earthbend ability. The land will get the +1/+1 counters, gain haste, and have its base power and toughness set to 0/0.
- If the targeted land becomes an illegal target before the spell or ability that includes earthbend resolves, earthbend does nothing. If the spell or ability didn't have other targets, it won't resolve.
- If a land was animated by earthbend and would go to any zone other than the graveyard or exile, it will not be returned to the battlefield by the delayed triggered ability created by earthbend.
- Earthbend doesn't give the land you control a color. As most lands are colorless, in most cases the resulting land creature will also be colorless.
- "Earthbend N" means "Target land you control becomes a 0/0 land creature with haste in addition to its other types. Put N +1/+1 counters on it. When it dies or is exiled, return it to the battlefield tapped under your control."
- An ability that triggers "whenever you tap a creature for mana" triggers only if you activate a mana ability of a creature including {T} in its cost. Mana abilities that don't include the {T} symbol and instead say "Tap an untapped creature you control" or similar won't cause Badgermole Cub's second ability to trigger. Similarly, it won't trigger if you tap a creature to activate a mana ability of another object (even if that mana ability also includes {T}).
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