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Vizier of Tumbling Sands

Creature — Human Cleric

{T}: Untap another target permanent.
Cycling {1}{U} ({1}{U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle this card, untap target permanent.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Amonkhet
Price
$0.25
EDHREC rank
#3362
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Vizier of Tumbling Sands card art
Vizier of Tumbling Sands does one thing that matters: it untaps any permanent, which in the right shell means doubling your engine's output every turn cycle. The cost is real — a 1/3 for three mana that does nothing on an empty board — but commanders like Alaundo the Seer and Ioreth of the Healing House make that irrelevant because they're always your target.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Alaundo the Seer

Alaundo the Seer

66.7% of decks · synergy 0.65

Alaundo the Seer needs to untap repeatedly to chain free casts off his triggered ability, and Vizier of Tumbling Sands cycles for one blue if you don't want the body — both modes advance the same gameplan.

02
Merieke Ri Berit

Merieke Ri Berit

60.7% of decks · synergy 0.60

Merieke Ri Berit has to untap to steal a new creature without destroying the one she's holding, and Vizier of Tumbling Sands gives her an untap trigger on a body that can chump in a pinch.

04
Gavi, Nest Warden

Gavi, Nest Warden

56.5% of decks · synergy 0.55

Gavi, Nest Warden cares about the first cycling each turn being free, and Vizier of Tumbling Sands is a cycling card that also untaps Gavi or any mana rock on its way out the door.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Vizier of Tumbling Sands earns its slot — nearly every deck running it has a specific tap-to-activate commander that wants the untap more than once per turn. In Pauper it sees fringe play in combo shells that exploit repeatable untap effects at common, though it rarely defines a deck. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer have faster and more redundant untap options, so Vizier of Tumbling Sands is a distant choice outside of highly specific brews. The cycling clause matters most in formats where digging for combo pieces is worth a card, which is another point in Commander's favor — it's never completely dead.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.25 bulk tier

At $0.25, Vizier of Tumbling Sands is bulk, and it's priced exactly where it should be given how narrow the demand is. Pick up as many copies as you need without a second thought — this is a card you grab in a bulk bin and never have to track down again.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.