Sunscorched Desert
akhAmonkhet#249common
Legal in 15 of 23 formats
Treatments
Foil
Price today · this printing
Nonfoil$0.38
Foil$7.12
Foil premium
18.74×nonfoil → foil
Nonfoil
$0.38
Foil
$7.12
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Card text & rulings
Oracle text
Land — Desert
When this land enters, it deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker.
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Ability breakdown
Abilities
TriggeredWhen this land enters, it deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker.
Activated: Add .
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- WotCApr 18, 2017
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.
Market & price history
Market
AKH #249
2026-07-06Sunscorched Desert
$0.38TCGplayer market▲ +2.7% 7d
Lowest Listing
updated 2026-07-06Nonfoil
Lowest listingNM$0.09Buy on TCGplayer
Best buylist (NM)$0.03· Card Kingdom
Buy/Sell Gap$0.06 (+66.7%)
Foil
Lowest listingNM$5.79Buy on TCGplayer
Best buylist (NM)$4.40· Card Kingdom
Buy/Sell Gap$1.39 (+24.0%)
All finishes · 30d
updated 2h agoRealized change · today vs 30d ago
Nonfoil$0.38▲ +22.6%
Foil$7.12▼ -8.6%
Price signals
This printing
7d
stable
14d
rising
High conf
30d
rising
High conf
Liquidity (implied)Liquid
Trend is a smoothed signal, not the raw change. The chart above shows the realized change; this is a mover-discovery read per window, not a forecast.
Across all copies
This card, all printings.
This printing is the cheapest copy: $0.38 · + shipping
Cross-printing valuation
1 printings across 1 sets
Printings
This is the only printing — Amonkhet #249.
Demand signals
Plays as
Utility LandPlaneswalker Removal
Combos
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Where you can play it
commander
Legal to play
All formats
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
competitivebrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyNot legal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Flavor & art
“The only relief in sight is a mirage.”
Illustrated by
Min Yum
Reference & exit links
Card details
- Artist
- Min Yum
- Frame
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- Border
- black
- Security stamp
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