Sand Golem
Mirage 318 • uncommon
- Set
- Mirage
- Collector number
- 318
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 5 generic mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- John Matson
- Market price
- $0.17
What it does
When a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to discard this card, return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it at the beginning of the next end step.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Sand Golem was released in 1995 as part of the Mirage expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed by Wizards of the Coast, Mirage was significant for being the first set designed specifically to be drafted, marking a shift in the game's evolution toward a more cohesive limited-play environment. Set in the lush, African-inspired continent of Jamuraa, the expansion moved away from the high-fantasy tropes of earlier sets to explore a world of desert landscapes, jungles, and mysticism.
The card illustration was created by artist Brian Snodde, who depicted the creature as a towering, shifting mass of desert sands held together by magical construct. Following the design philosophy of the Mirage set, the artwork aimed to evoke the stark, arid aesthetic of the Jamuraan wastes. The card functioned as a rhythmic creature that balanced its powerful stats with a dependency on the game's phase structure, reflecting the unstable and ephemeral nature of a construct made from shifting dunes.
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