Iroh, Firebending Instructor
Legendary Creature — Human Noble Ally
Whenever Iroh attacks, attacking creatures get +1/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal
- Price
- $0.38
- EDHREC rank
- #16460
Iroh, Firebending Instructor turns every creature you cast into a free lesson — whenever a nontoken creature enters under your control, it gets a +1/+1 counter and draws you a card if it had no counters. That payoff on a three-mana legendary is real, and the cost is simply building a deck that wants to cast creatures.
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 |
Commander is where Iroh, Firebending Instructor earns his keep — 100-card singleton decks are full of creature-heavy strategies that want card advantage baked into the board, and he delivers both a stat boost and a draw trigger on every nontoken entry. In the 99 he competes for a slot against other three-mana value engines, but as a commander he sets the entire game plan. Legacy and Vintage are legal on paper, but creature-centric synergy engines at three mana don't have a home in those formats' current metagames. Oathbreaker is the one fringe format where he could slot into an aggressive creature shell and generate meaningful draw without much setup.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.38 bulk tier
At $0.38, Iroh, Firebending Instructor is deep bulk — low acquisition cost for any creature deck that wants consistent card advantage. Bulk rares can spike if a synergistic commander gets printed or a popular content creator features the card, but at this price you're buying it for the effect, not the trajectory.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.