Avatar

For the Universes Beyond set, see Avatar: The Last Airbender. For other uses, see Avatar (disambiguation).

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Avatar
Creature Type
(Subtype for creature/kindred cards)
Introduced	Alpha
Last used	Avatar: The Last Airbender
Scryfall Statistics
cards
token creation cards
artworks

Avatar is a creature type used for beings which are an aspect, projection, or embodiment of a larger power or concept. It is one of the original creature types from Alpha and is still in regular use. Avatars are powerful beings that exist throughout the Multiverse; the subtype has also been used for some Universes Beyond characters.

Characteristics

The Avatar subtype first appeared on the card Personal Incarnation (Alpha). Avatars have since been printed in many sets and across all five colors. They tend toward higher mana values, with only two costing less than three mana. Most are rare or mythic rare.

Avatars typically embody a power or concept larger than themselves. These can include emotions (Avatar of Fury), virtues (Avatar of the Resolute), creature types (Arahbo, the First Fang), gods (Titania, Gaea Incarnate), planes (Soul of Ravnica), and even other avatars (Scion of the Ur-Dragon).

Notable cards

Death's Shadow spawned a Modern deck of the same name.

Sylvan Primordial is banned in Commander due to its game-warping power in a casual multiplayer format.

Species

Archaics

Main article: Arcavios § Archaics

The Archaics of Arcavios are a race of wise, giant, long-lived beings with an innate talent for magic. They can be seen striding through the Vastlands, exploring sources of magic with their many arms, or contemplating existence through their "eye", which is a magical focus of some kind. Archaics can live for thousands of years; many are thought to have been alive since the Dawning Age. Mages seek out Archaics for their vast knowledge of history and magic, but Archaics tend to communicate in obscure allusions and cryptic metaphors.

Spirit avatars of Shadowmoor

In the Seer's Parables, the origin of the world of Shadowmoor and various aspects of the world are attributed to the powerful spirit avatars to be found throughout the plane's history. According to Mark Rosewater, these creatures might have been given the God or Demigod subtype instead, had those subtypes existed at the time.

Death's shadows

Dangerous avatars known as Death's Shadows can be found on Zendikar, although some consider them more like demons. They grant enormous power to the weak and damaged ones by putting them in a near-death state, but they are uninterested in people with high vital strength.

Characters

• Arahbo, the primordial essence of all cats in the Multiverse
• The Ur-Dragon, the primordial essence of all dragons in the Multiverse, responsible for the Birth of the Elder Dragons
• Marit Lage, a powerful otherworldly being imprisoned in the Dark Depths during the Ice Age
• Serra often used an avatar of herself to conduct business all across her plane.

Alara

• Progenitus, the Worldsoul of Alara
• The Child of Alara, a manifestation of the Conflux

Arcavios

• The Blood Avatar summoned by the Oriq, whose only purpose was to unmake what had stood for centuries

Dominaria

• Gaea's Liege, the Maro-Sorcerer of Whispering Woods and an avatar of Gaea
• Titania, who became an avatar of Gaea during Battle at Argoth
• Phage the Untouchable
• Karona, the living incarnation of magic, accidentally created by the Numena before the time of the Thran. Her reincarnation was the manifestation of all Dominarian mana, brought into being by the aggregation of Akroma, Phage, and Zagorka.
• Scion of Darkness was the avatar of Kuberr before he gained physical form from the union of The First and Phage.
• The Lady of Otaria
• The Ebon Praetor, avatar of the deity worshiped by the Ebon Hand.
• The Hand of Justice, avatar of the deity worshiped by the Order of Leitbur in Icatia.
• Evra is an avatar born from the destruction of Halcyon.
• Chaeska, the Keeper of Tresserhorn, an avatar Lim-Dûl used to rule Tresserhorn in his stead
• Multani, Maro-Sorcerer of the forest of Yavimaya
• Muldrotha
• Torgaar
• Windgrace (Soul of Windgrace)

Ixalan

• Gishath, dinosaur avatar of the Threefold Sun

Mirrodin

• Kaldra, an avatar created by the unification of the Kaldra artifacts. When Glissa assembled these artifacts to dispatch Memnarch, he took control of the avatar and turned it against her.

Ravnica

• Niv-Mizzet, reborn as the Living Guildpact during the War of the Spark

Ulgrotha

• The Autumn Willow was the spirit of the forests of Ulgrotha and opposed Baron Sengir's pressing conquest.
• The Daughters of Autumn

Universes Beyond

A number of Avatar cards appear in Universes Beyond products; excluding reprints, they are all legendary, representing specific characters. The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth uses the Avatar creature type for Maiar characters like Gandalf, Sauron, and the Balrog. Avatar: The Last Airbender uses it for the titular Avatar Aang. Several Avatars appear in Final Fantasy; many of them are double-faced cards which transform or meld into Avatars, such as Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin. Marvel's Spider-Man featured Spider-Byte as an avatar as they operate in a virtual world.

Cycles

Set	Cards
Prophecy	Avatar of Hope (), Avatar of Will (), Avatar of Woe (), Avatar of Fury (), Avatar of Might ()
Onslaught	Doubtless One (), Nameless One (), Soulless One (), Reckless One (), Heedless One ()
Shadowmoor	Godhead of Awe (), Ghastlord of Fugue (), Demigod of Revenge (), Deus of Calamity (), Oversoul of Dusk ()
Eventide	Divinity of Pride (), Dominus of Fealty (), Deity of Scars (), Nobilis of War (), Overbeing of Myth ()
Gatecrash	Luminate Primordial (), Diluvian Primordial (), Sepulchral Primordial (), Molten Primordial (), Sylvan Primordial ()
Magic 2015	Soul of Theros (), Soul of Ravnica (), Soul of Innistrad (), Soul of Shandalar (), Soul of Zendikar (), Soul of New Phyrexia ()
Ixalan	Wakening Sun's Avatar (), Burning Sun's Avatar (), Verdant Sun's Avatar ()
Duskmourn: House of Horror	Overlord of the Mistmoors (), Overlord of the Floodpits (), Overlord of the Balemurk (), Overlord of the Boilerbilges (), Overlord of the Hauntwoods ()

Tokens

Token name	Color	Type line	P/T	Text box	Source	Printings
Avatar		Creature — Avatar	4/4	Flying	Ajani's Last Stand
		Creature — Avatar	X/X		Saint Elenda
		Creature — Avatar	*/*	This creature's power and toughness are each equal to your life total.	Ajani Goldmane
		Creature — Avatar	3/6	Whenever this creature attacks, it deals 3 damage to each opponent.	Awaken the Blood Avatar
Marit Lage		Legendary Creature — Avatar	20/20	Flying, indestructible	Dark Depths Marit Lage's Slumber
Kaldra		Legendary Creature — Avatar	4/4		Helm of Kaldra

Test cards

Token name	Color	Type line	P/T	Text box	Source	Printings
Ebon Praetor		Creature — Avatar Praetor	5/5	First strike, trample At the beginning of your upkeep, put a -2/-2 counter on Ebon Praetor. Sacrifice a creature: Remove a -2/-2 counter from Ebon Praetor. If the sacrificed creature was a Thrull, put a +1/+0 counter on Ebon Praetor. Activate only during your upkeep and only once each turn.	Who's That Praetor?

Gallery

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  Kaldra of Mirrodin, as depicted on Magic Online.
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  Extus Narr awakens the Blood Avatar of Arcavios.
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  An Archaic from Arcavios.