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Desert
Arabian Nights · Common · Illustrated by Jesper Myrfors · 1993
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| Condition | Price | vs NM | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| NM | $16.82 | 100% | Scryfall |
| LP | $14.63 | 87% | - |
| MP | $12.28 | 73% | - |
| HP | $9.76 | 58% | - |
| DMG | $6.90 | 41% | - |
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Format Profile
⚔Multi-format staple - legal in Modern, Legacy, and Vintage
Lore & Trivia
Card Lore
Desert is a nonbasic land subtype created in Eighth Edition to represent arid regions, most notably featured on the original card from Arabian Nights that dealt damage to attacking creatures. The subtype saw significant mechanical development in Amonkhet and Hour of Devastation blocks, and returned with dual-colored variants in Outlaws of Thunder Junction.
Original Desert from Arabian Nights deals 1 damage to attacking creatures plus taps for colorless manaSubtype created in Eighth Edition rules update to clean up all land typesAmonkhet block introduced four deserts inspired by Egyptian landscapesHour of Devastation featured fifteen Desert lands and sixteen cards that mechanically interact with DesertsOutlaws of Thunder Junction introduced first dual-colored deserts with crime payoff mechanics
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💡 Many lands that are technically deserts are instead typed as plains, such as Esper's dunes or Tarkir's deserts. This comparison is directly referenced in the flavor text of a Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Plains.
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Jesper Myrfors
Arabian Nights · #72 · 1993
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