Hostile Desert
Hour of Devastation Promos 178s • rare
- Set
- Hour of Devastation Promos
- Collector number
- 178s
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Josh Hass
- Finish
- Foil
- Market price
- $0.56
What it does
tap: Add colorless mana.
2 generic mana, Exile a land card from your graveyard: This land becomes a 3/4 Elemental creature until end of turn. It's still a land.
Amonkhet's desiccated land thirsts for blood.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Hostile Desert is a land card featured in the Hour of Devastation set, released in 2017 as part of the Amonkhet block for Magic: The Gathering. The set focused on the narrative of the dragon Nicol Bolas returning to the plane of Amonkhet to enact a cataclysmic plan. The design of the card emphasizes this desolate, harsh setting, mechanically interacting with the graveyard to represent the arid, resource-drained landscape of the plane.
The art for this card was created by Svetlin Velinov, a long-time contributor to the game. His illustration aims to capture the oppressive, sun-scorched atmosphere of the desert through a color palette dominated by ochres and deep shadows. The promo version, marked 178s, is distinguished by its unique foil stamping and frame treatment, typical of the specialized release cards provided to game stores during the expansion's initial launch period.
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