The Legend of Yangchen // Avatar Yangchen
Enchantment — Saga // Legendary Creature — Avatar
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter.)
I — Starting with you, each player chooses up to one permanent with mana value 3 or greater from among permanents your opponents control. Exile those permanents.
II — You may have target opponent draw three cards. If you do, draw three cards.
III — Exile this Saga, then return it to the battlefield transformed under your control.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Avatar: The Last Airbender Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #5541
The Legend of Yangchen // Avatar Yangchen is a powerful saga that builds toward a flipped permanent with real board presence — the front side accrues value each chapter, and Avatar Yangchen lands as a threat that demands an answer. Avatar Aang decks run it at over 54% inclusion for good reason: the payoff justifies the chapter investment.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Avatar Aang
Avatar Aang is the natural home — The Legend of Yangchen // Avatar Yangchen slots directly into the Avatar tribal package, and the saga's chapters generate momentum while Avatar Aang's ability to collect and deploy legendary Avatars makes the flipped side a recurring threat rather than a one-time play.
Garnet, Princess of Alexandria
Garnet, Princess of Alexandria rewards sagas and legendary permanents, and The Legend of Yangchen // Avatar Yangchen delivers both — Garnet, Princess of Alexandria turns the chapter progression into incremental advantage that compounds before Avatar Yangchen even hits the battlefield.
Sigurd, Jarl of Ravensthorpe
Sigurd, Jarl of Ravensthorpe cares about sagas triggering and legendary creatures entering, so The Legend of Yangchen // Avatar Yangchen fits cleanly into the engine — Sigurd, Jarl of Ravensthorpe turns every chapter into a trigger and the flip into another enter-the-battlefield event worth exploiting.
Yuna, Hope of Spira
Yuna, Hope of Spira values legendary permanents as fodder and fuel, and The Legend of Yangchen // Avatar Yangchen delivers a saga that converts into a legendary creature — Yuna, Hope of Spira can leverage the flip as a summon trigger, fitting the card into her broader payoff structure.
Alisaie Leveilleur // Alphinaud Leveilleur
Alisaie Leveilleur // Alphinaud Leveilleur thrives on casting and recurring legendary spells, and The Legend of Yangchen // Avatar Yangchen provides a saga that naturally flips into a legendary permanent worth replaying — the card fits Alisaie Leveilleur // Alphinaud Leveilleur's density-of-legends gameplan without taking up a dedicated slot.
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 The Legend of Yangchen // Avatar Yangchen earns its keep — the singleton format gives sagas time to fully resolve without the pressure of a competitive clock, and Avatar tribal lists in particular want every relevant legendary chapter they can run. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, the three-chapter structure is slow relative to the format's tempo demands, and the card faces steep competition for saga slots. Legacy and Vintage have the same problem compounded: the payoff is real, but the speed needed to survive those formats makes a do-nothing-until-chapter-three enchantment a liability. Standard is the exception where it might see fringe play if Avatar support exists in the format pool, though it's functionally a Commander card at heart.
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Price Context
Current price
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Pricing data for The Legend of Yangchen // Avatar Yangchen isn't currently available in our system — check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number. Given its strong inclusion in Avatar Aang decks and its status as a saga with a named legendary flip side, it likely carries a moderate Commander premium worth verifying before buying.
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Mentioned
- Avatar Aang
- Garnet, Princess of Alexandria
- Sigurd, Jarl of Ravensthorpe
- Yuna, Hope of Spira
- Alisaie Leveilleur // Alphinaud Leveilleur
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.