Avatar Enthusiasts
Creature — Human Peasant Ally
Whenever another Ally you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #9290
Avatar Enthusiasts puts a repeatable tap-to-copy effect on the board for three mana — the ceiling is high if you're already running Bending spells or Avatar tribal synergies. Outside of a Katara, the Fearless shell, the effect is too narrow to justify a slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Katara, the Fearless
Katara, the Fearless is the deck where Avatar Enthusiasts belongs — over half of Katara builds run it because copying Bending spells repeatedly is exactly the engine Katara wants to assemble. The synergy score of 0.52 is about as tight a fit as you'll see for a three-mana creature.
Sokka, Tenacious Tactician
Sokka, Tenacious Tactician decks pick up Avatar Enthusiasts in about a quarter of builds, mostly to exploit the Avatar type for incidental payoffs Sokka generates around combat. It's a supporting role rather than a core piece.
Iroh, Tea Master
About 12% of Iroh, Tea Master decks include Avatar Enthusiasts as a low-cost body that checks the Avatar type box. Iroh's engine doesn't lean on the copy ability, so it's filler that happens to fit the tribe.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Avatar Enthusiasts is a Commander card — full stop. The effect is too slow and too parasitic on Bending and Avatar synergies to matter in Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, or Standard, where efficient threats and interaction set a bar this card can't meet. Pauper is the one non-Commander format where niche tribal or synergy pieces occasionally find homes, but Avatar Enthusiasts has no supporting cast there. In Commander, it earns its slot in exactly the decks that care: Bending-heavy builds where copying a spell twice in a turn changes the game.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Avatar Enthusiasts is bulk — pick it up without thinking if you're building the right deck. Bulk commons and uncommons from new releases rarely climb unless they spike in a competitive format, which isn't happening here, so don't expect the price to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Katara, the Fearless
- Sokka, Tenacious Tactician
- Iroh, Tea Master
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.