---
name: "Swirling Sandstorm"
mana_cost: "{3}{R}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Threshold"]
set: "JUD"
set_name: "Judgment"
collector_number: "102"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Tony Szczudlo"
oracle_id: "dc5cb229-82c9-4a87-9a10-490350cbdfc0"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/swirling-sandstorm-jud"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Swirling Sandstorm
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{R}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Threshold

## Oracle Text
Threshold — Swirling Sandstorm deals 5 damage to each creature without flying if there are seven or more cards in your graveyard.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Rancid Earth](/printing/rancid-earth-tor.md) — Sorcery
2. [Shower of Coals](/printing/shower-of-coals-ody.md) — Sorcery
3. [Pardic Arsonist](/printing/pardic-arsonist-tor.md) — Creature — Human Barbarian
4. [Desert Sandstorm](/printing/desert-sandstorm-ptk.md) — Sorcery
5. [Thermal Blast](/printing/thermal-blast-ody.md) — Instant
6. [Billowing Shriekmass](/printing/billowing-shriekmass-fdn.md) — Creature — Spirit

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Judgment (JUD) #102
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Tony Szczudlo
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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