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Dust Bowl

First printed in Mercadian Masques (1999)

All 8 prints

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  • Edge of Eternities: Stellar Sights (EOS) #102, 2025
  • Edge of Eternities: Stellar Sights (EOS) #12, 2025
  • Edge of Eternities: Stellar Sights (EOS) #147, 2025
  • Edge of Eternities: Stellar Sights (EOS) #57, 2025
  • Breaking News (OTP) #65, 2024
  • Zendikar Expeditions (EXP) #37, 2016
  • World Championship Decks 2000 (WC00) #jk316, 2000
  • Mercadian Masques (MMQ) #316, 1999

Dust Bowl

Land

tap: Add Colorless.
3 generic, tap, Sacrifice a land: Destroy target nonbasic land.

Illustrated by
Ben Thompson

Legality

Legal in
Legacy, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, Premodern, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Not legal in
Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Pauper, Future Standard, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, Standard Brawl

Prices

MTGO price: 1.31 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).

In Limited on MTG Arena

Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).

Set GIH WR vs set IWD Games
Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ), Premier Draft 47.0% -7.1 -5.2 538
GIH WR
win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
vs set
points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
IWD
improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
Games
games in which the card was seen

Combos

47 combos, the most popular first:

See all 47 on Commander Spellbook

Premodern In 63 of 707 decks (8.9%), most in Mono-Black Control

Staple: main deck, 8% of decks (#69)

Share of decks
8.9%
▲ 0.8 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-10: 9.0% 2026-08-17: 13.0% 2026-08-24: 5.1% 2026-08-31: 5.8% 2026-09-07: 8.3% 2026-09-14: 9.3% 2026-09-21: 8.2% 2026-09-28: 7.3% 2026-10-05: 8.5% 2026-10-12: 9.2% 2026-10-19: 8.0% 2026-10-26: 12.6%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
65
62 main, 8 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.7
in the main deck
Win rate
56%
17 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Mono-Black Control 8.2% 3%
WU (unclassified) 4.1% 66%
Golgari Midrange 3.0% 67%
Mono-Black (unclassified) 1.8% 8%
White Weenie 1.4% 30%
WB (unclassified) 1.3% 89%
RG (unclassified) 1.1% 13%
BRG (unclassified) 0.8% 33%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Phyrexian Furnace65%7.0
Swords to Plowshares61%1.5
Wrath of God60%8.1
Decree of Justice60%7.5
Mishra's Factory58%2.6
Powder Keg48%3.0
Duress47%2.1
Exalted Angel44%5.0
Adarkar Wastes44%4.1
Disenchant44%4.0

Best win rate

DeckRecord
White Weenie
Boin in Premodern Challenge 16		 8-0
100%
RG
alvaro durandal in Copa Mentalidad de Turba 4		 7-1
88%
WU
Casey Moon in Mogg Monthly: All Hallow's Eve		 5-1
83%
WU
Navas in Premodern Challenge 16		 6-2
75%
Golgari Midrange
pokerswizard in Premodern Challenge 16		 6-2
75%
WU
Navas in Premodern Challenge 16		 6-2
75%
Standstill
Neopolis in Premodern Challenge 16		 5-2
71%
Mono-Red
Carlos P Olate Rojas in Copa Mentalidad de Turba 4		 4-2
67%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Golgari Midrange
Fritz Hofmann, 		2 main #3
of 25
4-3
WU
Casey Moon, 		2 main #5
of 25
5-1
RG
alvaro durandal, 		1 main #1
of 28
7-1
Mono-Red
Carlos P Olate Rojas, 		1 main #4
of 28
4-2
WB
Felipe Fuentes P, 		2 main #14
of 28
2-2
Standstill
StreexIT, 		2 main 5-0
Contamination
Lagerbon, 		1 main #5
of 24
3-3
WU
Navas, 		2 main #12
of 24
3-2

Commander In 7 of 5965 decks (0.1%), most in Magda, Brazen Outlaw
Share of decks
0.1%
= vs previous 30 days
2026-08-17: 0.0% 2026-08-24: 0.1% 2026-08-31: 0.1% 2026-09-07: 0.0% 2026-09-14: 0.1% 2026-09-21: 0.0% 2026-09-28: 0.1% 2026-10-05: 0.2% 2026-10-12: 0.2% 2026-10-19: 0.1% 2026-10-26: 0.0%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
7
7 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
30%
4 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Magda, Brazen Outlaw 2.1% 1%
Lumra, Bellow of the Woods 0.8% 2%
The Fantasticar 0.1% 100%
Karn, Legacy Reforged 0.0% 100%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Crystal Vein100%9.4
Urza's Saga100%4.1
Vexing Bauble100%4.0
Mana Vault100%1.2
Mox Diamond100%1.2
Ancient Tomb100%1.1
Lotus Petal100%1.1
Gemstone Caverns100%1.1
Sol Ring100%1.0
Wasteland86%58.4

Best win rate

DeckRecord
The Fantasticar
Tom Schweizer [SNAP] in 1.cEDH069 Major @Die Fabrik		 3-2
60%
Lumra, Bellow of the Woods
Aspen Haven in Gem State CEDH | Ad Naus for a Cause!		 0-5
0%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
The Fantasticar
Tom Schweizer [SNAP], 		1 main #6
of 32
1-1
Lumra, Bellow of the Woods
Aspen Haven, 		1 main #39
of 44
0-5
The Fantasticar
Tom Schweizer [SNAP], 		1 main #6
of 77
3-2
Magda, Brazen Outlaw
Iker Samper Ayape, 		1 main #35
of 96
1-2
Karn, Legacy Reforged
Torres, 		1 main #23
of 30
0-4
The Fantasticar
Tom Schweizer [SNAP], 		1 main #7
of 38
2-2
The Fantasticar
Tom Schweizer [SNAP], 		1 main #4
of 21
1-1

Duel Commander In 27 of 111 decks (24.3%), most in Cloud, Midgar Mercenary

Staple: main deck, 21% of decks (#98)

Share of decks
24.3%
▲ 7.0 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-10: 35.7% 2026-08-17: 13.5% 2026-08-24: 15.1% 2026-08-31: 20.0% 2026-09-07: 16.2% 2026-09-14: 21.6% 2026-09-21: 16.1% 2026-09-28: 27.6% 2026-10-05: 31.4% 2026-10-12: 22.6% 2026-10-19: 15.0% 2026-10-26: 8.3%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
27
27 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
–
0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Cloud, Midgar Mercenary 10.8% 100%
Aerid Konstrari 4.5% 20%
Quintorius, History Chaser 3.6% 75%
Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd 2.7% 100%
Aang, Swift Savior 1.8% 100%
Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice 1.8% 100%
Toph, Greatest Earthbender 1.8% 100%
Azusa, Lost but Seeking 0.9% 100%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Urza's Saga89%1.7
Mana Tithe85%2.4
Swords to Plowshares85%1.5
Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire81%2.4
Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow81%2.2
Solitude81%1.9
Snow-Covered Plains78%2.4
Voice of Victory78%2.0
Oust74%2.8
City of Traitors74%2.8

Best win rate

No challenge results yet.

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Aerid Konstrari
JapaneseFisherman, 		1 main 5-0
Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
ambroiseb1, 		1 main 5-0
Quintorius, History Chaser
Razielman, 		1 main 5-0
Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
ambroiseb1, 		1 main 5-0
Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
ambroiseb1, 		1 main 5-0
Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
TVAmaral, 		1 main 5-0
Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
TVAmaral, 		1 main 5-0
Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
ambroiseb1, 		1 main 5-0