---
name: "Hostile Desert"
mana_cost: "N/A"
cmc: 0
type_line: "Land — Desert"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "HOU"
set_name: "Hour of Devastation"
collector_number: "178"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Josh Hass"
oracle_id: "41459587-7509-404e-bd7d-fb8831dee789"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/hostile-desert-hou"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Hostile Desert
- **Mana Cost:** `N/A` (CMC: 0)
- **Type:** Land — Desert

## Oracle Text
{T}: Add {C}.
{2}, Exile a land card from your graveyard: This land becomes a 3/4 Elemental creature until end of turn. It's still a land.

> *La terra riarsa di Amonkhet ha sete di sangue.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Endless Sands](/printing/endless-sands-eos.md) — Land — Desert
2. [Desert](/printing/desert-arn.md) — Land — Desert
3. [Grasping Dunes](/printing/grasping-dunes-akh.md) — Land — Desert
4. [Scavenger Grounds](/printing/scavenger-grounds-eos.md) — Land — Desert
5. [Survivors' Encampment](/printing/survivors-encampment-plst.md) — Land — Desert
6. [Dunes of the Dead](/printing/dunes-of-the-dead-hou.md) — Land — Desert

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Hour of Devastation (HOU) #178
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Josh Hass
- **Total Printings:** 25 across all historical editions

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