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◇ Catalog #281

Hostile Desert

c20·#281·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Josh Hass

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Apr '20

6 yr ago

Value

$0.29+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.30 · low $0.27

NM$0.29

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.27–$0.31modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.29low $0.16range 81.3%n 48

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #9,330 · Niche pick

Variants

Nonfoil$0.29

Gameplay

Land — Desert

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, Exile a land card from your graveyard: This land becomes a 3/4 Elemental creature until end of turn. It's still a land.

Amonkhet's desiccated land thirsts for blood.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2017-07-14wotc

If Hostile Desert becomes a creature the same turn it enters the battlefield, you can't attack with it or tap it for mana.

2017-04-18wotc

Desert is a land subtype with no special meaning. It doesn't grant the land an intrinsic mana ability. Other cards may care about which lands are Deserts.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.29. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.16 and $0.29 across 48 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from C20 — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #281 of *Commander 2020*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2020 Commander 2020 release.

Card type: Land — Desert, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters.

Legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #9,330 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Josh Hass. Rarix catalogs 267 other cards credited to this artist.