Bumi, King of Three Trials (TLA #169)
Bumi, King of Three Trials is a uncommon printing from Avatar: The Last Airbender (TLA #169), a Legendary Creature — Human Noble Ally. Illustrated by Thomas Chamberlain-Keen.
Card text
When Bumi enters, choose up to X, where X is the number of Lesson cards in your graveyard —
• Put three +1/+1 counters on Bumi.
• Target player scries 3.
• Earthbend 3. (Target land you control becomes a 0/0 creature with haste that's still a land. Put three +1/+1 counters on it. When it dies or is exiled, return it to the battlefield tapped.)
Details
| Mana cost | {5}{G} |
|---|---|
| Type | Legendary Creature — Human Noble Ally |
| Power / Toughness | 4 / 4 |
| Rarity | Uncommon |
| Set | Avatar: The Last Airbender (TLA) |
| Collector number | 169 |
| Artist | Thomas Chamberlain-Keen |
| Released | 2025-11-21 |
Current price
As of 2026-10-19, Scryfall listed this printing at non-foil $0.19, foil $0.32 (USD). Prices change constantly, so check the live price before buying.
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Legality
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Future Standard | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Pauper | Not legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Not legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Competitive Brawl | Legal |
| Alchemy | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Not legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Old School | Not legal |
| Premodern | Not legal |
| PrEDH | Not legal |
| TLR | Not legal |
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Rulings
- October 2, 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.
- October 2, 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}.
- October 2, 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."
- October 2, 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.
- October 2, 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.
- October 2, 2025 — You can't choose the same mode of Bumi, King of Three Trials's triggered ability more than once. As there are only three modes, even if X is greater than three, you won't get additional effects after choosing each mode once.
- October 2, 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.