MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #178

Hostile Desert

hou·#178·rare·foil

Illus. Josh Hass

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wishlisted

Jul '17

9 yr ago

Value

$1.95+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.98 · low $0.90

NM$0.95

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.88–$1.00modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.95low $0.02range 4650.0%n 55

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #9,330 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$0.95

Nonfoil$0.23

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 $0.95. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $0.95 across 55 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from HOU — the lineup includes Foil and 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 #178 of *Hour of Devastation*, the set that shipped alongside the July 2017 Hour of Devastation 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.