Grasping Dunes

Grasping Dunes

Land — Desert

How we read this card

Add {C}.

activated {T} — adds 1 mana

Put a -1/-1 counter on target creature. Activate only as a sorcery.

activated {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this land —

activated {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this land — puts a counter on it

Causes: sacrifice a land, a land is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, put a counter on a creature.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a Desert land in a graveyard — 10 cards in the game can cause this (Grasping Dunes is one).

  1. Hazezon, Shaper of Sand — When Grasping Dunes is in the graveyard, Hazezon, Shaper of Sand can bring it back

a Desert is sacrificed — 10 cards in the game can cause this (Grasping Dunes is one).

  1. Desert Warfare — When you sacrifice Grasping Dunes, Desert Warfare returns it onto the battlefield

a Desert goes to a graveyard — 15 cards in the game can cause this (Grasping Dunes is one).

  1. Yuma, Proud Protector — When Grasping Dunes hits the graveyard, Yuma, Proud Protector makes a token

a land is sacrificed — 438 cards in the game can cause this (Grasping Dunes is one).

When you sacrifice Grasping Dunes:

  1. Baloth Prime — makes a token
  2. Scouring Swarm — makes a token
  3. Hearthhull, the Worldseed — makes each opponent lose 2 life

a land in a graveyard — 634 cards in the game can cause this (Grasping Dunes is one).

When Grasping Dunes is in the graveyard:

  1. Slogurk, the Overslime — can bring it back
  2. Zask, Skittering Swarmlord — can bring it back
  3. Glacierwood Siege — can bring it back
  4. Turntimber Sower — can bring it back
  5. Serra Paragon — can bring it back
  6. Muldrotha, the Gravetide — can bring it back
  7. Deadbridge Chant — can bring it back
  8. Invasion of Tolvada // The Broken Sky — can bring it back
  9. Pull Through the Weft — can bring it back
  10. Conduit of Worlds — can bring it back

121 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a land is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 636 cards in the game can cause this (Grasping Dunes is one).

When Grasping Dunes is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

  1. Vastwood Zendikon — brings a card back
  2. Nissa's Zendikon — brings a card back
  3. Corrupted Zendikon — brings a card back
  4. Guardian Zendikon — brings a card back
  5. Crusher Zendikon — brings a card back
  6. Wind Zendikon — brings a card back
  7. Akki Raider — gets +1/+0
  8. Dingus Egg — deals 2 damage
  9. Genju of the Realm — returns itself from the graveyard

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a land goes to a graveyard — 683 cards in the game can cause this (Grasping Dunes is one).

When Grasping Dunes hits the graveyard:

  1. The Gitrog Monster — draws you 1 card
  2. Skola Grovedancer — gains you 1 life
  3. Sand Scout — makes a token
  4. Crawling Sensation — makes a token
  5. Countryside Crusher — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

6 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a land enters the battlefield — 1,560 cards in the game can cause this (Grasping Dunes is one).

When Grasping Dunes enters:

  1. Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally — makes a token
  2. Tato Farmer — puts 2 counters on a permanent
  3. Primeval Bounty — gains you 3 life
  4. Toph, Earthbending Master — puts a counter on a permanent
  5. Dancing from Dark to Dawn — makes a token
  6. Emeria Shepherd — brings a card back
  7. Quest for the Necropolis — puts a quest counter on itself
  8. Soul Stair Expedition — puts a quest counter on itself
  9. Nissa of Shadowed Boughs — puts counters on a permanent
  10. Choco, Seeker of Paradise — gets +1/+0

199 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature gets a counter — 2,691 cards in the game can cause this (Grasping Dunes is one).

When a creature gets a counter thanks to Grasping Dunes:

  1. Hollowmurk Siege — draws you 1 card
  2. Wickersmith's Tools — puts a charge counter on itself
  3. Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons — makes a token
  4. Flourishing Defenses — makes a token
  5. Nest of Scarabs — makes that many tokens
  6. Obelisk Spider — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  7. Auntie Ool, Cursewretch — draws you 1 card
  8. Generous Patron — draws you 1 card
  9. Danny Pink — draws you 1 card
  10. Bold Plagiarist — puts counters on a permanent

31 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything is sacrificed — 3,450 cards in the game can cause this (Grasping Dunes is one).

  1. Gorbag of Minas Morgul — When you sacrifice Grasping Dunes, Gorbag of Minas Morgul triggers

2 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything gets a counter — 4,415 cards in the game can cause this (Grasping Dunes is one).

  1. All Will Be One — When a creature gets a counter thanks to Grasping Dunes, All Will Be One deals that much damage

7 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 5,057 cards in the game can cause this (Grasping Dunes is one).

  1. Long Feng, Grand Secretariat — When Grasping Dunes dies, Long Feng, Grand Secretariat puts a counter on a creature

6 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Grasping Dunes is one).

  1. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — When Grasping Dunes is in the graveyard, Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring it back
  2. Transplant Theorist — When Grasping Dunes is in the graveyard, Transplant Theorist can bring it back
  3. Heart-Shaped Herb — When Grasping Dunes is in the graveyard, Heart-Shaped Herb can bring it back
  4. Wayward Angel — Grasping Dunes fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Wayward Angel needs
  5. Victimize — When Grasping Dunes is in the graveyard, Victimize can bring it back
  6. Bound // Determined — When Grasping Dunes is in the graveyard, Bound // Determined can bring it back
  7. Enlightened Confidant — When Grasping Dunes is in the graveyard, Enlightened Confidant can bring it back

437 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.