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Desert's Hold

{2}{W}

Enchantment — Aura

HOUHour of Devastation#8uncommon
Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 1105
Illustrator
Sara Winters
Found in
Hour of Devastation MTGO Redemption Foil · Hour of Devastation MTGO Redemption · 2 more
Printings2EDHREC rank#21,169
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
Enchant creature When this Aura enters, if you control a Desert or there is a Desert card in your graveyard, you gain 3 life. Enchanted creature can't attack or block, and its activated abilities can't be activated.
Plays as:
Is AuraPacifism
Market · per finishspark updated 24h ago · prices as of 2026-08-29
Nonfoil+11.8%
$0.19
$0.01 low$0.00 gapTCGplayer
Foil0.0%
$0.22
$0.10 low$0.00 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$0.19· across 2 printings· you're viewing it

Rulings

3 · latest Jul 14, 2017
  • WotCJul 14, 2017

    Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keyword abilities are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text. Triggered abilities (starting with "when," "whenever," or "at") are unaffected by the last ability of Desert's Hold.

  • WotCJul 14, 2017

    For abilities that trigger only if you control a Desert or there is a Desert card in your graveyard, one condition must be true as the ability triggers and one must be true as the ability resolves. They don't have to be the same condition, though. For example, you could sacrifice your only Desert after the ability triggers but before it has resolved.

  • WotCJul 14, 2017

    If an ability checks whether you control a Desert or there is a Desert card in your graveyard, having more than one doesn't matter. Controlling one is the same as controlling five. There is also no extra bonus for both controlling one and having one in your graveyard.