Viashino Sandswimmer
Creature — Lizard
: Flip a coin. If you win the flip, return this creature to its owner's hand. If you lose the flip, sacrifice this creature.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Urza's Saga
- Price
- $0.49
- EDHREC rank
- #24277
Viashino Sandswimmer is a 3/1 haste creature for four mana that can phase out at the end of your turn by discarding a card — a steep ongoing cost for a fragile body that dies to a stiff breeze. The effect is cute in theory but the math never works out: four mana plus a card per turn for a 3/1 is not a competitive rate by any metric.
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 |
Viashino Sandswimmer is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legal and playable are different things. In Commander, the four-mana 3/1 body is irrelevant at a 100-card table, and the discard-to-phase-out ability drains your hand faster than most draw engines can replenish it. Legacy and Vintage have access to the most powerful cards ever printed — Viashino Sandswimmer is nowhere near that conversation. Oathbreaker is the friendliest environment here, but even there you're giving up real card equity every turn for a creature that folds to a Shock.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.49 bulk tier
At $0.49, Viashino Sandswimmer sits squarely in bulk territory, and the price is accurate to its power level. Don't expect movement — bulk rares with no competitive application tend to stay bulk.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.