Earth Rumble
Sorcery
Earthbend 2. When you do, up to one target creature you control fights target creature an opponent controls. (To earthbend 2, target land you control becomes a 0/0 creature with haste that's still a land. Put two +1/+1 counters on it. When it dies or is exiled, return it to the battlefield tapped. Creatures that fight each deal damage equal to their power to the other.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #6643
Earth Rumble bounces a land — yours or an opponent's — for two mana, and that flexibility is the whole reason it exists. In Bumi, Unleashed decks specifically, replaying your own lands for landfall triggers is worth more than the card's price tag suggests.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Bumi, Unleashed
Bumi, Unleashed wants to replay lands repeatedly to trigger its ability, and Earth Rumble is one of the cheapest ways to bounce a land back to hand on demand. Over half of Bumi decks run it for exactly that loop.
Toph, Earthbending Master
Toph, Earthbending Master cares about lands entering the battlefield, so Earth Rumble pulling a land back to hand sets up another trigger on the cheap. Nearly half the Toph Earthbending Master decks include it for that reason.
Toph, the First Metalbender
Toph, the First Metalbender has enough landfall adjacency that Earth Rumble earns its slot as a low-cost enabler in roughly 30% of those decks. It's not the star, but it does the job without eating into your mana curve.
Toph, Hardheaded Teacher
Earth Rumble slots into Toph, Hardheaded Teacher as a minor land-recursion piece, showing up in about 23% of those lists. The synergy is real but not essential — it's a role-player, not a cornerstone.
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 |
Earth Rumble is legal in essentially every Constructed format, but it's a Commander card through and through — the one-of singleton environment is the only place where "bounce a land" justifies a dedicated spell slot. In competitive formats like Modern or Legacy, the effect simply doesn't generate enough card equity to see play. Commander is where landfall commanders turn this into a repeatable engine piece, bouncing and replaying lands every turn for incremental or explosive value depending on the deck.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Earth Rumble is firmly bulk — pick it up without a second thought if a landfall commander calls for it. Bulk commons and uncommons at this price point don't appreciate, but that's irrelevant when the card just does its job for essentially nothing.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.