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◇ Catalog #301

Combustion Technique

tla·#301·uncommon·borderless

Illus. Toni Infante

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Nov '25

9 mo ago

Value

$0.47+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.49 · low $0.44

NM$0.47

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.43–$0.50modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $1.49low $0.03range 4866.7%n 583

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #7,724 · Niche pick

Variants

Borderless$0.47

Gameplay

Instant — Lesson

Combustion Technique deals damage equal to 2 plus the number of Lesson cards in your graveyard to target creature. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2025-10-02wotc

Combustion Technique's replacement effect will exile the target creature if it would die this turn for any reason, not just due to lethal damage.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.47. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $1.49 across 583 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from TLA — the lineup includes Borderless alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #301 of *Avatar: The Last Airbender*, the set that shipped alongside the November 2025 Avatar: The Last Airbender release.

Card type: Instant — Lesson, color identity red, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {1}{R} (2 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #7,724 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Toni Infante. Rarix catalogs 75 other cards credited to this artist.