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Toph, Earthbending Master

Toph, Earthbending Master

Legendary Creature — Human Warrior Ally

Toph wants a deck that gets a reward every time it plays a land. It also works in a deck built around Allies, Humans or Warriors.

  • Mana cost3 genericgreen
  • Green ()
  • Power / toughness2 / 4
  • RarityMythic

Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you get an experience counter.

Whenever you attack, earthbend X, where X is the number of experience counters you have. (Target land you control becomes a 0/0 creature with haste that's still a land. Put X +1/+1 counters on it. When it dies or is exiled, return it to the battlefield tapped.)

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Cards That Fit Toph, Earthbending Master

Picked for what they do in Toph's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Toph's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

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Rulings for Toph, Earthbending Master

explain how Toph works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary

Wizards of the Coast 2 Oct 2025

"Earthbend N" means "Target land you control becomes a 0/0 land creature with haste in addition to its other types. Put N +1/+1 counters on it. When it dies or is exiled, return it to the battlefield tapped under your control."

Wizards of the Coast 2 Oct 2025

All experience counters are identical, no matter how you got them. For example, the last ability will count experience counters that you got from the first ability, from another ability, from another copy of Toph, Earthbending Master, and so on.

Wizards of the Coast 2 Oct 2025

Earthbend doesn't give the land you control a color. As most lands are colorless, in most cases the resulting land creature will also be colorless.

Wizards of the Coast 2 Oct 2025

If a land was animated by earthbend and would go to any zone other than the graveyard or exile, it will not be returned to the battlefield by the delayed triggered ability created by earthbend.

Wizards of the Coast 2 Oct 2025

If the targeted land becomes an illegal target before the spell or ability that includes earthbend resolves, earthbend does nothing. If the spell or ability didn't have other targets, it won't resolve.

Wizards of the Coast 2 Oct 2025

The experience counter goes on you, the player, not on Toph. You will keep that counter even if Toph, Earthbending Master dies.

Wizards of the Coast 2 Oct 2025

The land will retain any other types, subtypes, or supertypes it previously had. It will also retain any mana abilities it had as a result of those subtypes. For example, a Forest that's turned into a creature this way can still be tapped for {G}.

Wizards of the Coast 2 Oct 2025

You may target a land that is already a creature, perhaps because of a previous earthbend ability. The land will get the +1/+1 counters, gain haste, and have its base power and toughness set to 0/0.

8 rulings, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

Similar Commanders

Commanders that share the most with Toph, and what they share.

Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryGPlayers write colors as letters: G for green.LandfallLandfall decks reward you each time a land enters the battlefield for you, then find ways to play extra lands. You can normally play only one land a turn, so cards that let you play more, or pull lands out of your deck, make everything happen more often.Open the Landfall pageLand AnimationTurns your lands into creatures. That gives you extra attackers without spending extra cards, and a manland, a land that can become a creature, is safe as a land the rest of the time, though a board wipe can catch it while it is a creature. Nissa, Who Shakes the WorldOpen the Land Animation pageLandfallTriggers whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control. Extra land plays and cards that pull lands out of your deck can set it off several times in one turn. Tireless Tracker Evolution SageOpen the Landfall page+1/+1 CountersPuts +1/+1 counters on creatures, permanently raising their power and toughness. Unlike a temporary boost that wears off at end of turn, these markers stay put and stack up over a long game. Hardened Scales, The Great HengeOpen the +1/+1 Counters pageCounter ManipulationAdds, moves or multiplies counters already on permanents. It works on any kind (+1/+1, loyalty, charge), so the same card can serve very different decks. Karn's Bastion, Doubling SeasonOpen the Counter Manipulation page