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◇ Catalog #js113

Choking Sands

wc97·#js113·common·nonfoil

Illus. Roger Raupp

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for trade

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wishlisted

Aug 1997

29 yr ago

Value

$0.46+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.48 · low $0.43

NM$0.46

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.43–$0.49modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.69low $0.02range 3350.0%n 248

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #23,535 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.46

Gameplay

Sorcery

Destroy target non-Swamp land. If that land was nonbasic, Choking Sands deals 2 damage to the land's controller.

"The people wiped the sand from their eyes and cursed—and left the barren land to the hyenas and vipers." —Afari, *Tales*

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.46. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $0.69 across 248 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from WC97 — 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 #js113 of *World Championship Decks 1997*, the set that shipped alongside the August 1997 World Championship Decks 1997 release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity black, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {1}{B}{B} (3 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, and Pauper.

EDHrec ranks this card #23,535 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Roger Raupp. Rarix catalogs 129 other cards credited to this artist.