Choking Sands
Mirage (MIR) #113 · Common · Sorcery
Mana cost: {1}{B}{B}
Destroy target non-Swamp land. If that land was nonbasic, Choking Sands deals 2 damage to the land's controller.
"The people wiped the sand from their eyes and cursed—and left the barren land to the hyenas and vipers."
—Afari, *Tales*
Illustrated by Roger Raupp · Released October 8, 1996
Prices
- Nonfoil: $0.36 USD · €0.66 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $0.04 USD (12.5%) to $0.36 USD; low $0.32 USD, high $0.36 USD.
Printings
- Vintage Masters #109 (VMA) · Common · 2014
- World Championship Decks 1997 #js113 (WC97) · Common · 1997 · $0.38 USD
- Mirage #113 (this printing) · Common · 1996 · $0.36 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Not legal
- Historic: Not legal
- Modern: Not legal
- Brawl: Not legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Not legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal