Agna Qel'a
Land
This land enters tapped unless you control a basic land.
: Add 
.
, : Draw a card, then discard a card.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Price
- $2.26
- EDHREC rank
- #3393
Agna Qel'a lands and immediately starts churning through your deck, rewarding you for doing exactly what Avatar Aang decks want to do anyway — triggering bending abilities repeatedly. The cost is real: it demands a dedicated build to hit consistently, but in the right shell it pulls serious weight.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Avatar Aang
Avatar Aang is the premier home for Agna Qel'a because the card directly feeds the bending-trigger engine Aang relies on to close games, with over 36% of Aang decks already running it.
Iroh, Grand Lotus
Iroh, Grand Lotus uses Agna Qel'a to generate the resource advantage that keeps his slower, value-oriented gameplan running — nearly 31% of Iroh decks include it.
Katara, the Fearless
Katara, the Fearless benefits from Agna Qel'a's ability to fuel repeated activations, and at 30% inclusion it's clearly become a staple piece of her core package.
Sokka, Tenacious Tactician
Sokka, Tenacious Tactician runs Agna Qel'a as a utility piece that keeps his combat-focused gameplan from running dry — 22% of Sokka decks have made that call.
Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer
Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer reaches for Agna Qel'a because discarding it is just as useful as playing it — Oskar casts it from the graveyard for free, making it a recursive engine piece in an 18% share of builds.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Agna Qel'a lives — the 100-card singleton format gives it enough redundancy to matter and enough time for its value to compound over a long game. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, it faces stiff competition from faster, more focused card advantage engines and rarely makes the cut outside niche brews. Standard gives it the cleanest shot at constructed play if the Avatar set's synergy density supports a dedicated shell, but that window is narrow. Legacy and Vintage have access to strictly more efficient options, so Agna Qel'a is a bulk-bin card in those formats.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$2.26 cheap tier
At $2.26, Agna Qel'a sits in the cheap tier — low enough to slot into any budget build without hesitation. Its price is propped up by genuine demand across multiple Avatar commanders rather than hype, which makes it one of the more stable pickups at this price point.
Explore
Sources
Mentioned
- Avatar Aang
- Iroh, Grand Lotus
- Katara, the Fearless
- Sokka, Tenacious Tactician
- Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.