---
name: "Sandman's Quicksand"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Mayhem"]
set: "OM1"
set_name: "Through the Omenpaths"
collector_number: "62"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Mathias Kollros"
oracle_id: "f2b376d2-a2f4-4d23-a1fb-eb7b6ebd0b7a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sandmans-quicksand-om1"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Sandman's Quicksand
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Mayhem

## Oracle Text
Mayhem {3}{B} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for {3}{B} if you discarded it this turn. Timing rules still apply.)
All creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn. If this spell's mayhem cost was paid, creatures your opponents control get -2/-2 until end of turn instead.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sadistic Slash](/printing/sadistic-slash-msc.md) — Instant
2. [Massacre](/printing/massacre-plst.md) — Sorcery
3. [Biting Rain](/printing/biting-rain-soi.md) — Sorcery
4. [Yahenni's Expertise](/printing/yahennis-expertise-paer.md) — Sorcery
5. [Infest](/printing/infest-prm.md) — Sorcery
6. [Mutilate](/printing/mutilate-gvl.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Through the Omenpaths (OM1) #62
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Mathias Kollros
- **Total Printings:** 7 across all historical editions

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