---
name: "Sandbar Crocodile"
mana_cost: "{4}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Crocodile"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Phasing"]
set: "PMEI"
set_name: "Media and Collaboration Promos"
collector_number: "1996-1"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Una Fricker"
oracle_id: "e11926bf-ca14-4e1e-aca5-9ffedb91868c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sandbar-crocodile-pmei"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Sandbar Crocodile
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Crocodile
- **Power/Toughness:** 6/5
- **Keywords:** Phasing

## Oracle Text
Phasing (This phases in or out before you untap during each of your untap steps. While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist.)

> *"We've run aground sandbars before, but today, a sandbar ran aground us."
—Kipkemboi, Kukemssa pirate*

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4. [Hagra Crocodile](/printing/hagra-crocodile-zen.md) — Creature — Crocodile
5. [Emperor Crocodile](/printing/emperor-crocodile-9ed.md) — Creature — Crocodile
6. [A-Sewer Crocodile](/printing/a-sewer-crocodile-snc.md) — Creature — Crocodile

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Media and Collaboration Promos (PMEI) #1996-1
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Una Fricker
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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