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Desert's Hold

{2}{W}

Enchantment — Aura

HOUHour of Devastation#8uncommon
Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Frame
2015
Illustrator
Sara Winters
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 AuraETB TriggerPacifism
Market · per finishtrend updated 5h ago · prices as of Oct 15, 2026
$0.01 low$0.00 gap
$0.08 low$0.00 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.18· across 1 printing· you're viewing it

Price history

last 30 days · set by the window above · each finish on its own scale
Nonfoil$0.180.0%30D
30D range$0.17to$0.18Since Feb 2024:H $0.19L $0.03
Foil$0.220.0%30D1.22× nonfoil
30D flat at$0.22Since Feb 2024:H $0.48L $0.14

Other printings

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Found in

9 productsRounded odds
  • Hour of Devastation MTGO Redemption Foil

    Box Set · —

    Nonfoil —Foil 1+ copies
  • Hour of Devastation MTGO Redemption

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  • Hour of Devastation Booster Pack

    Booster Pack · $10.04

    Nonfoil under 10%Foil under 1%
  • Buy-a-Box Treasure Chest Booster

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    Nonfoil —Foil under 1%
  • Ixalan Standard Showdown Booster

    Booster Pack · —

    Nonfoil —Foil under 1%
  • Rivals of Ixalan Standard Showdown Booster

    Booster Pack · —

    Nonfoil —Foil under 1%
  • Hour of Devastation Standard Showdown Booster

    Booster Pack · —

    Nonfoil —Foil under 1%
  • Dominaria Standard Showdown Booster

    Booster Pack · —

    Nonfoil —Foil under 1%
  • Core Set 2019 Standard Showdown Booster

    Booster Pack · —

    Nonfoil —Foil under 1%

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.