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South Wind Avatar

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2 printings listed in our catalog, from newest to oldest.

South Wind Avatar, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles printing
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TMT · No. 269 2026-03-06

Card text

{3}{B}
Creature — Snake Spirit Avatar
Deathtouch Whenever another creature you control dies, you gain life equal to its toughness. Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.
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Keywords: Deathtouch
Snake-Eyes's gift takes others back to their worst memory. To the weak, it is a curse; to the wise, a second chance.
EDHREC rank #5389 Rare Not on the Reserved List
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Standard ✓ Legal
Pioneer ✓ Legal
Modern ✓ Legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ✓ Legal
Historic ✓ Legal
Timeless ✓ Legal
Alchemy ✓ Legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ✓ Legal
Penny ✓ Legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

5 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

In a Two-Headed Giant game, life gained by your teammate won't cause South Wind Avatar's last ability to trigger, even though it caused your team's life total to increase.

2026-01-27 · Wizards of the Coast

If you gain an amount of life "for each" of something or "equal to the number" of something, that life is gained as one event and South Wind Avatar's last ability will trigger only once.

2026-01-27 · Wizards of the Coast

Use the creature's toughness as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how much life you gain with South Wind Avatar's second ability.

2026-01-27 · Wizards of the Coast

Each creature with lifelink dealing combat damage causes a separate life-gaining event. For example, if two creatures you control with lifelink deal combat damage at the same time, South Wind Avatar's last ability will trigger twice. However, if a single creature you control with lifelink deals combat damage to multiple creatures, players, planeswalkers, and/or battles at the same time (perhaps because it has trample or was blocked by more than one creature), the ability will trigger only once.

2026-01-27 · Wizards of the Coast

South Wind Avatar's last ability triggers just once for each life-gaining event, whether it's 1 life from Illegitimate Business or 3 life from Guac & Marshmallow Pizza.

2026-01-27 · Wizards of the Coast

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