---
name: "Arid Archway"
mana_cost: "N/A"
cmc: 0
type_line: "Land — Desert"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Surveil"]
set: "OTJ"
set_name: "Outlaws of Thunder Junction"
collector_number: "252"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Raymond Bonilla"
oracle_id: "3be3d7e6-7860-438a-b8c8-ef154c18c163"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/arid-archway-otj"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Arid Archway
- **Mana Cost:** `N/A` (CMC: 0)
- **Type:** Land — Desert
- **Keywords:** Surveil

## Oracle Text
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. If another Desert was returned this way, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
{T}: Add {C}{C}.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Meticulous Archive](/printing/meticulous-archive-pmkm.md) — Land — Plains Island
2. [Conduit Pylons](/printing/conduit-pylons-otj.md) — Land — Desert
3. [Ominous Asylum](/printing/ominous-asylum-om1.md) — Land
4. [Shadowy Backstreet](/printing/shadowy-backstreet-mkm.md) — Land — Plains Swamp
5. [Arid Mesa](/printing/arid-mesa-spg.md) — Land
6. [Elegant Parlor](/printing/elegant-parlor-mkm.md) — Land — Mountain Plains

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ) #252
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Raymond Bonilla
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`