Sandals of Abdallah
Artifact
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: Target creature gains islandwalk until end of turn. When that creature dies this turn, destroy this artifact. (A creature with islandwalk can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Arabian Nights
- Price
- $30.60
- EDHREC rank
- #27685
Sandals of Abdallah grants islandwalk to any creature you equip — a repeatable, transferable evasion effect that converts unblockable threats out of blue-heavy metas. The four-mana equip cost is steep, but the two-mana cast and the ability to move it each turn keep it functional in slower, value-oriented pods.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Sandals of Abdallah is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees virtually no play outside Commander. In Legacy and Vintage, islandwalk is too conditional and the equip cost too clunky to compete with the format's speed. Commander is where Sandals of Abdallah has any real home — specifically in blue-heavy metas where islands are reliable on the other side of the table, and in decks that want cheap artifacts to recur, sacrifice, or count.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Sandals of Abdallah's effect is narrow enough that direct replacements are thin — Trailblazer's Boots grants nonbasic landwalk for two mana to cast and two to equip, covering far more tables and making it the cleaner swap in almost every Commander pod. If you specifically want islandwalk for a tribal or synergy reason, that's the only case to reach for Sandals of Abdallah over the Boots.
Price Context
Current price
$30.60 premium tier
At $30.60, Sandals of Abdallah sits in premium territory almost entirely on collector scarcity rather than competitive demand — it's an old card with limited printings and essentially no tournament presence. The price reflects supply, not power, and there's no strong reason to expect it to hold that value as reprints or indifference erode the collector floor.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.