“The Curse of Wandering permeated Amonkhet long before Nicol Bolas. He simply harnessed it.”
Dunes of the Dead
Card Rules and Details
Card Type: Land — Desert
Oracle Rules Text: {T}: Add {C}. When this land is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
Flavor Text: The Curse of Wandering permeated Amonkhet long before Nicol Bolas. He simply harnessed it.
Set: Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (#291), Rarity: Uncommon, Artist: E. M. Gist
Land
Colorless
Uncommon
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Historical Printings & Sets (1)
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Official Rulings (3)
2017-04-18
Desert is a land subtype with no special meaning. It doesn't grant the land an intrinsic mana ability. Other cards may care about which lands are Deserts.
2017-07-14
Dunes of the Dead's second ability doesn't allow you to sacrifice it whenever you'd like. You must find another way to get Dunes of the Dead into the graveyard.
2017-07-14
If you sacrifice Dunes of the Dead to pay the activation cost of an ability, you'll create the Zombie token before that activated ability resolves.
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