B/UEDHREC #22013

Katara, Seeking Revenge

Legendary Creature — Human Warrior Ally

As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may waterbend {2}. (While paying a waterbend cost, you can tap your artifacts and creatures to help. Each one pays for {1}.) When Katara enters, draw a card, then discard a card unless her additional cost was paid. Katara gets +1/+1 for each Lesson card in your graveyard.

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“Graveyard-fueled warrior who grows stronger with Lessons and waterbend synergies.”

PlaystyleMidrange

DifficultyIntermediate

Wins viaCommander damage, Combat damage

ThemesGraveyard, Artifact Synergies, Card Draw

Strategy

How this commander wants to play

Katara wants you to build a graveyard-focused deck where you're actively filling your bin with Lesson cards and other payoffs. Her waterbend cost encourages you to lean into artifact and creature synergies—tap your mana dorks and utility creatures to reduce her casting cost while ramping into bigger plays. Every Lesson in your graveyard makes her a better threat, so you'll be running tutors like Mystical Tutor and Whirlwind of Thought to stock your graveyard while digging for answers. The card advantage from her ETB smooths out your draws, especially when you've paid waterbend and avoided the discard penalty.

Your deck functions as a midrange graveyard deck that naturally generates value. You're casting cheap creature-based ramp (like Llanowar Elves and Stitcher's Supplier) to both enable waterbend and fill your graveyard. Tutors that discard (like Scheming Symmetry or Careful Study) become dual-purpose—they find answers and enable Katara's power. You win by growing Katara into a large threat protected by counterspells and removal, or by assembling creature-based synergies that close the game faster than opponents expect.

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Key Synergies

Cards that especially shine here

Budget Build

Same gameplan, less money

Skip expensive tutors like Mystical Tutor—use Witch's Cauldron and Satyr Wayfinder as budget Lesson generators, and lean on modal spells like Murktide instead of pricey interaction.