First printed in Arabian Nights (1993)

All 8 prints

Special Guests (SPG) #37, 2024
The List (PLST) #AFC-233, 2022
Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) #233, 2021
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #35148, 2012 (digital)
From the Vault: Realms (V12) #4, 2012
Friday Night Magic 2008 (F08) #8, 2008
Time Spiral Timeshifted (TSB) #118, 2006
Arabian Nights (ARN) #72, 1993

Desert

Land — Desert

tap : Add Colorless .
tap : This land deals 1 damage to target attacking creature. Activate only during the end of combat step.

MTGO price: 0.36 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).

In the last 30 days 2.1% of Pauper decks played it (41 of 1908). Most played in Tron. In the last 30 days 0.1% of Commander decks played it (6 of 6150). Most played in Bruce Banner.

In Limited on MTG Arena

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

Win rates of Desert in Limited
Set	GIH WR	vs set	IWD	Games
Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ), Premier Draft	56.3%	+2.2	+5.0	1302

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

3 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Not legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Legal
PreDH Legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Pauper Other periods →

In 41 of 1908 decks (2.1%).

Share of decks

2.1%

▲ 1.7 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

37 main, 15 sideboard

Avg. copies

2.5

in the main deck

Win rate

61%

12 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Tron	5.5%	2%
Jeskai Glint Hawk	2.1%	2%
Golgari Ichor	1.9%	28%
Turbo Fog	1.3%	71%
Golgari Grapple	0.6%	42%
BG (unclassified)	0.5%	40%
Mono-Black (unclassified)	0.2%	50%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Bojuka Bog	89%	3.7
Eviscerator's Insight	51%	6.7
Weather the Storm	49%	17.5
Khalni Garden	49%	11.6
Fanatical Offering	49%	8.6
Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher	49%	6.7
Lembas	49%	5.2
Ichor Wellspring	49%	5.1
Campfire	49%	4.4
Nihil Spellbomb	49%	3.2

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Golgari Ichor __Noob__ in Pauper Challenge 32	8-1 89%
Turbo Fog Heisen01 in Pauper Challenge 32	7-1 88%
Turbo Fog Heisen01 in Pauper Challenge 32	6-1 86%
Turbo Fog Kirblinxy in Pauper Challenge 16	7-2 78%
Golgari Grapple True-Name-Nemesis in Pauper Challenge 32	6-2 75%
Turbo Fog RitualSinkhole in Pauper Challenge 32	5-2 71%
Turbo Fog RitualSinkhole in Pauper Challenge 32	5-2 71%
Turbo Fog Heisen01 in Pauper Challenge 32	4-2 67%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Turbo Fog Heisen01, 27 Oct	3 main	#8 4-3
Turbo Fog Heisen01, 26 Oct	3 main	#5 6-1
Golgari Ichor __Noob__, 26 Oct	3 main	#22 3-3
Golgari Grapple Pleitegeier, 26 Oct	1 main	5-0
BG clamego, 26 Oct	1 main	5-0
Turbo Fog Heisen01, 25 Oct	3 main	#16 4-2
Golgari Ichor __Noob__, 25 Oct	3 main	#20 3-3
Golgari Grapple True-Name-Nemesis, 24 Oct	1 main	#8 4-3

Commander Other periods →

In 6 of 6150 decks (0.1%).

Share of decks

0.1%

= vs previous 30 days