Appa, Aang's Companion
TLE · uncommon · Released 2025-11-21
Power
brawl
trapFiller-8/19trap
commander
trapFiller-8/19trap
Tier shown as baseline → best-case (in its ideal shell). The score (-8 to 19) is a rank signal derived from tier + kind + atoms; browse by it on the cards page.
Derived from the 7 atoms below.
under
below rate
incremental
minor value alone
synergy
wants support
caps
fixed effect
rigid
one mode
narrow
situational
fragile
easily answered
Commander Bracket
1Precon2Core3Upgraded4Optimized5cEDH
Archetypes
positive:
voltronaggro
negative:
No active conflicts.
Roles
evasive-threatevasion-grantattack-trigger
Risks
once-per-turn-restrictedrequires-creature-density
Mechanics
—
Typal
synergy:
bisonally
anti:
—
Structural
triggered-abilitystatic-ability
Rationale
Appa is a 4-mana 2/4 flying legendary that grants flying to one other attacker on attack. The evasion-grant is valuable in go-wide or voltron builds trying to punch through blockers, but the effect is narrow (single target, only while attacking) and the body is undersized for the cost. It's a flavorful role-player but rarely a defining card in any archetype.
Learnings (2)
Appa's triggered ability only grants flying to one creature without flying — it does not grant mass evasion, making it much weaker in wide attack strategies than it first appears.
tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6
As a legendary Bison Ally, Appa is currently one of very few cards with those creature types, so tribal synergies are effectively nonexistent outside of Avatar-set-specific support.
tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6
Popularity
- EDHREC rank: #17,034