Sandstorm Crasher
Creature — Minotaur Berserker Wizard
Trample
You may exert this creature as it attacks. When you do, create a tapped and attacking token that's a copy of target creature you control. Sacrifice the token at the beginning of the next end step. (An exerted creature won't untap during your next untap step.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart
- Price
- $0.35
- EDHREC rank
- #14474
Sandstorm Crasher enters swinging — a hasty 5/4 flier that triggers Minotaur synergies and pairs with Combat Celebrant to threaten repeated combat steps. The five-mana cost is real, but the immediate board presence justifies it in any shell that wants a top-end Minotaur with wings.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Sethron, Hurloon General
Sethron, Hurloon General turns every Minotaur ETB into a token factory, and Sandstorm Crasher's haste means you attack the turn it lands while Sethron immediately pumps the new token with +2/+1 — it's one of the highest-synergy inclusions in that deck for good reason.
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 |
Sandstorm Crasher is a Commander card — full stop. In the 100-card singleton format, tribal synergies are at their deepest and five mana buys enough impact to justify the slot in Minotaur builds. Legacy and Vintage are both legal but neither wants a five-mana vanilla-adjacent creature when faster, more efficient threats exist. Oathbreaker could theoretically support it in a Minotaur-adjacent shell, but the format's speed makes the cost prohibitive outside of casual tables.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Sandstorm CrasherCombat Celebrant
Infinite combat phases; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite ETB; Infinite creature tokens
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Sandstorm CrasherPort Razer
Infinite combat phases; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite ETB; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite combat damage
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Sandstorm CrasherAurelia, the Warleader
Infinite combat phases; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite death triggers
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Current price
$0.35 bulk tier
At $0.35, Sandstorm Crasher is firmly bulk — easy to pick up without a second thought. Bulk rares with narrow tribal homes tend to stay cheap, so there's no urgency either way.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.