Viashino Sandsprinter
Creature — Lizard Warrior
Trample, haste
At the beginning of the end step, return this creature to its owner's hand. (Return it only if it's on the battlefield.)
Cycling 
(, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Modern Horizons
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #17786
Viashino Sandsprinter hits for 5 power with haste twice — once when it enters, once when you bounce and replay it — but the return-to-hand clause means it costs you the card unless you have a reason to want it in your hand again. Without an engine that rewards recast triggers or exploit the bounce, it's just an expensive haste beater that leaves.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Viashino Sandsprinter sees essentially no play in competitive formats — Legacy, Vintage, and Modern all have faster, more resilient threats that don't self-exile to the hand. In Pauper, the competition at four mana is brutal and the bounce clause is a liability rather than an asset. Commander is the one context where Viashino Sandsprinter finds a real home: commanders like Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh or Purphoros, God of the Forge reward replaying cheap or hasty creatures, and blink-and-bounce shells can turn the return clause into a feature. Outside of those specific synergy decks, it remains a fringe card in every format it's legal in.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Viashino Sandsprinter is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not demand. That price is stable by default rather than by merit, and it reflects exactly what the market thinks of a narrow four-mana creature with a drawback.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.