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Choking Sands

Magic: The GatheringWorld Championship Decks 1997#js113

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Mana cost

World Championship Decks 1997WC97 · #js113
Card type
Sorcery
Rarity
Common
Indicative price
0.42 € · 0.38 $
Mana value
3
Colour
Black

Card text

Destroy target non-Swamp land. If that land was nonbasic, Choking Sands deals 2 damage to the land's controller.

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Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).

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Printing information

Illustrator
Roger Raupp
Card language
English
Release date
1997-08-13

Flavour text

"The people wiped the sand from their eyes and cursed—and left the barren land to the hyenas and vipers." —Afari, *Tales*

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