Dai Li Agents (TLA)

Creature — Human Soldier

When this creature enters, earthbend 1, then earthbend 1. (To earthbend 1, target land you control becomes a 0/0 creature with haste that's still a land. Put a +1/+1 counter on it. When it dies or is exiled, return it to the battlefield tapped.) Whenever this creature attacks, each opponent loses X life and you gain X life, where X is the number of creatures you control with +1/+1 counters on them.

Reliable finisher for +1/+1 counter strategies in Commander and Pioneer. Dai Li Agents generates immediate board presence while doubling as a repeatable life drain engine—each attack triggers a swing in life total proportional to your counter-laden creatures. The earthbend ability efficiently converts lands into evasive threats that scale with your strategy, making it a solid payoff in any deck built around proliferate, modular, or dedicated counter synergies. Best in midrange and control shells where you're already running counter-synergy pieces; less impactful in strategies that don't lean into the counter theme.

Avatar: The Last Airbender — Uncommon