Attempting to complete a full grandmaster set of Magic: The Gathering Avatar: The Last Airbender Universes Beyond cards.

December Promo Madness

by Legoless

I have a confession.

Since November, I have been placing eBay orders for miscellaneous MTG promo cards that form part of the Avatar UB crossover. These have been slowly making their way to me over the past month, and the last one has now landed.

Look at this haul:

Gran-Gran (non-foil)
This card is one of two promos created for the Wizards Play Network (WPN), a global network of retail stores who receive support from WotC to run MTG game nights and tournaments. This particular promo was distributed at Commander format events. The non-foil is the standard treatment; unusually, a traditional foil version also exists, but was only given away at WPN Premium stores.

This promo was actually the first one I ordered, but the last to arrive.

Unlucky Cabbage Merchant
This is another WPN promo, given away at Standard format events. I picked up the non-foil, but again this card has a foil treatment only available from WPN Premium stores.

Iroh, Grand Lotus
I spotted this card on Bluesky before the set even came out. This promo is a collaboration between MTG and BoxLunch and could only be obtained in-store in the US starting November 21. To qualify, you had to purchase $50 worth of MTG or Avatar merch. Suffice to say, this was the most expensive one for me to acquire. The artwork is gorgeous though.

Iroh promo card outside BoxLunch
BoxLunch announced their MTG collab on Instagram with this picture of the Iroh promo card

Firebending Student
This card actually forms part of the main TLA set, despite being a foil-only Buy-a-Box promo. I didn't preorder any booster boxes so had to pick this one up online.

Momo, Friendly Flier
This card also forms part of the TLA set, but it can only be obtained by purchasing the Magic: The Gathering Avatar: The Last Airbender Bundle product. I wasn't very interested in the contents of this bundle (it's mostly just Play Boosters, lands, and ephemera) so I grabbed this one as a single.

Katara, the Fearless
This promo was distributed at San Diego Comic-Con back in July as a teaser for the full Avatar UB set. The alt art shows Katara in her Fire Nation outfit.

Sokka, Bold Boomeranger
Another convention promo, this time showing Sokka in his Fire Nation outfit. This one was given out at MagicCon: Atlanta in September. You had to be there.

Sokka, Bold Boomeranger promo
An all-American Sokka

I'm still on the hunt for more promos (some haven't even been released yet), but that just about wraps up my purchases for 2025. Now to figure out how to fit these ancillary promos into a logical binder order…

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