Azula, Ruthless Firebender
Legendary Creature — Human Noble
Firebending 1 (Whenever this creature attacks, add 
. This mana lasts until end of combat.)
Whenever Azula attacks, you may discard a card. Then you get an experience counter for each player who discarded a card this turn.
: Until end of turn, Azula gets +1/+1 for each experience counter you have and gains menace.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal
- Price
- $1.25
- EDHREC rank
- #13969
Azula, Ruthless Firebender lands and immediately pressures opponents with direct damage tied to spell-slinging, turning every instant and sorcery into a threat multiplier. The cost is a card that demands the right shell — run her outside of Ozai, the Phoenix King or a dedicated spellcaster build and she underperforms fast.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ozai, the Phoenix King
Ozai, the Phoenix King's damage-amplification gameplan makes Azula, Ruthless Firebender a natural fit — every spell you cast fans out into more pressure, and the two cards compound each other's reach in a way that closes games quickly.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Azula, Ruthless Firebender is built for Commander, where a 100-card singleton environment rewards legendary creatures with high individual impact and where a spellslinger theme has the critical mass of support cards to back her up. In Legacy and Vintage, she's technically legal but a four-mana creature with no immediate protection is too slow and fragile to see serious play in formats defined by broken fast games. Oathbreaker is the one alternative 60-card-adjacent format where she's worth considering, since the signature spell structure aligns well with her spell-based trigger design.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.25 cheap tier
At $1.25, Azula, Ruthless Firebender sits squarely in the budget-mythic tier — cheap enough to pick up without hesitation, expensive enough that she's not a bulk throw-in. Prices for new-set legendary creatures at this level tend to hold steady as long as they find a consistent home in Commander, and her tie to a popular licensed IP gives her a floor most mechanical-only cards at this price don't enjoy.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.