---
name: "Stir the Sands"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}{B}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Cycling"]
set: "AKH"
set_name: "Amonkhet"
collector_number: "110"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "David Gaillet"
oracle_id: "52fa7e9b-36d9-409c-8981-6f8dfd8bb031"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/stir-the-sands-akh"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Stir the Sands
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}{B}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Cycling

## Oracle Text
Create three 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens.
Cycling {3}{B} ({3}{B}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle this card, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Gempalm Polluter](/printing/gempalm-polluter-drc.md) — Creature — Zombie
2. [Suspicious Shambler](/printing/suspicious-shambler-fdn.md) — Creature — Zombie
3. [Grixis Sojourners](/printing/grixis-sojourners-arb.md) — Creature — Zombie Ogre
4. [Cryptbreaker](/printing/cryptbreaker-ha1.md) — Creature — Zombie
5. [Rise from the Tides](/printing/rise-from-the-tides-inr.md) — Sorcery
6. [Gisa's Bidding](/printing/gisas-bidding-inr.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Amonkhet (AKH) #110
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** David Gaillet
- **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`