---
name: "Sand Strangler"
mana_cost: "{3}{R}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Beast"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "AKR"
set_name: "Amonkhet Remastered"
collector_number: "173"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Aaron Miller"
oracle_id: "c429716b-bd3a-4060-b8a3-82e3d6aecd88"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sand-strangler-akr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Sand Strangler
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{R}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Beast
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3

## Oracle 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.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Gilded Cerodon](/printing/gilded-cerodon-akr.md) — Creature — Beast
2. [Sunscorched Desert](/printing/sunscorched-desert-akr.md) — Land — Desert
3. [Desert](/printing/desert-arn.md) — Land — Desert
4. [Sidewinder Naga](/printing/sidewinder-naga-akr.md) — Creature — Snake Warrior
5. [Bristling Backwoods](/printing/bristling-backwoods-otj.md) — Land — Desert
6. [Desert Sandstorm](/printing/desert-sandstorm-ptk.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Amonkhet Remastered (AKR) #173
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Aaron Miller
- **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: `not_legal`