Toph, Hardheaded Teacher
Toph, Hardheaded Teacher: Legendary Creature - Human Warrior Ally, Avatar: The Last Airbender. When Toph enters, you may discard a card. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{R}{G}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Human Warrior Ally
- Colour identity
- Red and green (RG)
- Power / toughness
- 3/4
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Avatar: The Last Airbender (TLA)
- Released
- 2025-11-21
- Collector number
- 246
- Artist
- Ruwen Liu
- Commander rank
- 3,045 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Earthbend
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Toph, Hardheaded Teacher
Toph, Hardheaded Teacher is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red and green legendary creature from Avatar: The Last Airbender (TLA), an expansion set released in November 2025. It is collector number 246 in that set, with art by Ruwen Liu. It costs {2}{R}{G} (two generic, one red and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 3/4 creature. Its colour identity is red and green. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.61 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
When Toph enters, you may discard a card. If you do, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.
Whenever you cast a spell, earthbend 1. If that spell is a Lesson, put an additional +1/+1 counter on that land. (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.)
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.61 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Toph, Hardheaded Teacher by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Toph, Hardheaded Teacher
Toph, Hardheaded Teacher 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) #246s | Rare | 2025 |
| Avatar: The Last Airbender (TLA) #384 | Rare | 2025 |
Official rulings
Six official rulings apply to Toph, Hardheaded Teacher, newest first.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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}.
- "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."
- 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.
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