Sandsower
Creature — Spirit
Tap three untapped creatures you control: Tap target creature.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ravnica: City of Guilds
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #28236
Sandsower taps up to three target creatures on your opponent's end step for the low price of tapping three of your own creatures — a repeatable, instant-speed soft lock that blanks attackers and blockers alike. The symmetry cost is real, but in creature-heavy or token-based white strategies the math almost always favors you.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Sandsower actually gets to breathe — three opponents means more attackers worth neutralizing, and the card shines in any strategy that produces disposable or reward-on-tap creatures. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but purely irrelevant; the formats move too fast and the effect too soft to register. Modern is the same story: three mana and a tap-three cost for a non-permanent effect doesn't clear the bar. Sandsower is a Commander card in practice, specifically for white go-wide strategies that want repeatable interaction without spending removal slots.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Sandsower is deep bulk — easy to pick up in a trade binder or throw into any order as a penny add. The price is stable purely by virtue of how little demand exists, so don't expect movement in either direction.
Explore
Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.