(2025-10-02) An ability that triggers "whenever you airbend" triggers after the process described by the airbend keyword action is complete, even if some or all of the actions were impossible
For our purposes, it's close to a perfect land: It enters the battlefield untapped, giving us a turn-one Siren Stormtamer or Deadeye Tracker while helping us cast a two-drop of the opposite color on the next turn, like Kitesail Freebooter or Kari Zev, Skyship Raider
I cant think of a current interaction that breaks Kurkesh, though unique combo cards like this are among the most enticing spec opportunities because they can be broken at any point
They Are Going To Be Difficult To Flip The backsides to these are quite exciting when you think about them as a bonus on top of already reasonable frontside effects, but don't slip into the notion of thinking that flipping these is going to be easy
The argument that I think is most relevant to Modern, the format where I think its most likely that playing more than 60 will be right first, is a variation on this argument that focuses on fetchlands specifically