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 was released as part of the Hour of Devastation set in 2017, representing the final confrontation on the plane of Amonkhet. This land card was designed to mechanically reflect the desolation wrought by the dragon planeswalker Nicol Bolas, requiring players to exile cards from their graveyard to activate its creature-turning ability. Its release period marked a shift in the game's narrative toward high-stakes, catastrophic world-ending events.
The artwork was commissioned from Josh Hass, who utilized a stark, arid color palette to emphasize the inhospitable nature of the desert landscape. The promo version, carrying the collector number 178s, was distributed through official organized play channels to incentivize participation in local tournaments. Like many rare lands of this era, it was received by players as a specialized utility card suited for niche graveyard-reliant strategies.
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