Arid Archway will return itself to its owner’s hand if you control no other lands when its enters-the-battlefield ability resolves (or if you choose to return it to its owner’s hand despite controlling other lands). It’s almost never a good idea to play it on your first turn.
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.
Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.48. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.67 across 54 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from OTJ — 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 #252 of *Outlaws of Thunder Junction*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2024 Outlaws of Thunder Junction release.
Card type: Land — Desert, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Keyword abilities: Surveil.
Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.
EDHrec ranks this card #1,453 in Commander, putting it in the common-include tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Raymond Bonilla. Rarix catalogs 22 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Raymond Bonilla
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