Sandstorm
Instant
Sandstorm deals 1 damage to each attacking creature.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Fourth Edition
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #22846
Sandstorm deals 1 damage to each attacking creature — one mana, instant speed, no targeting, no saves. It's a narrow combat trick that rarely survives the cut in 100-card formats where a single point rarely closes out a board.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Sandstorm is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, and sees effectively zero competitive play in any of them. In Pauper it's the most plausible home — token swarms and weenie aggro are real threats, and one mana at instant speed is efficient — but even there, sweepers that kill rather than ping are almost always the correct call. In Commander, one damage to attackers rarely matters when opponents are swinging with 5/5s and commanders with high base power, making Sandstorm a dead card in most games. Legacy and Vintage don't offer a shell where this effect is worth a slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Sandstorm is deep bulk — you're not paying for power, you're paying for cardboard. The price is stable only because it can't really go lower, not because demand supports it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.