---
name: "Desert's Hold"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "AKR"
set_name: "Amonkhet Remastered"
collector_number: "13"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Sara Winters"
oracle_id: "a3639381-e401-409e-8f07-0a3bc736c50d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/deserts-hold-akr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Desert's Hold
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
When this Aura enters, if you control a Desert or there is a Desert card in your graveyard, you gain 3 life.
Enchanted creature can't attack or block, and its activated abilities can't be activated.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Unquenchable Thirst](/printing/unquenchable-thirst-akr.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Faith's Fetters](/printing/faiths-fetters-cmr.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Serra Bestiary](/printing/serra-bestiary-hml.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Recumbent Bliss](/printing/recumbent-bliss-plst.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Cage of Hands](/printing/cage-of-hands-pca.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Pious Interdiction](/printing/pious-interdiction-xln.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Amonkhet Remastered (AKR) #13
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Sara Winters
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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