“The bombardment of sand disorients, chokes, and ultimately tenderizes its prey.”
Sand Strangler
Card Rules and Details
Card Type: Creature — Beast
Mana Cost: {3}{R}
Oracle Rules Text: When this creature enters, if you control a Desert or there is a Desert card in your graveyard, you may have this creature deal 3 damage to target creature.
Flavor Text: The bombardment of sand disorients, chokes, and ultimately tenderizes its prey.
Set: Hour of Devastation (#107), Rarity: Uncommon, Artist: Aaron Miller
Creature
Red
Uncommon
$0.05
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✨ Foil
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Historical Printings & Sets (1)
1 Languages
Official Rulings (2)
2017-07-14
For abilities that trigger only if you control a Desert or there is a Desert card in your graveyard, one condition must be true as the ability triggers and one must be true as the ability resolves. They don’t have to be the same condition, though. For example, you could sacrifice your only Desert after the ability triggers but before it has resolved.
2017-07-14
If an ability checks whether you control a Desert or there is a Desert card in your graveyard, having more than one doesn’t matter. Controlling one is the same as controlling five. There is also no extra bonus for both controlling one and having one in your graveyard.
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