Choking Sands — Mirage

Choking Sands

Mirage · Sorcery · 1996-10-07

Illustrated by Roger Raupp

Card details

Mana cost
3
Type
Sorcery
Rarity
Sorcery

Oracle text

Destroy target nonswamp land. If that land is a nonbasic land, Choking Sands deals 2 damage to the land’s controller.

Flavor

"The people wiped the sand from their eyes and cursed—and left the barren land to the hyenas and vipers."
—Afari,
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Choking Sands price & value

ConditionMarketLow
Near Mint$0.33$1.69
Lightly Played$0.30$1.74
Moderately Played$0.24$1.62
Heavily Played$0.20$1.64
Damaged$0.37$1.64

Snapshot as of 2026-09-11. Live prices & recent sales load below.