Arid Archway
- Type
- Land — Desert
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction #252 (uncommon)
- Price
- $1.37 USD
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. If another Desert was returned this way, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
{T}: Add {C}{C}.
Arid Archway has 1 printing, first in Outlaws of Thunder Junction (2024). EDHREC ranks it #1,499 among Commander cards. It appears most in Hazezon, Shaper of Sand decks (7,011 on EDHREC). It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Arid Archway most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Hazezon, Shaper of Sand: 7,011 decks
- Yuma, Proud Protector: 4,433 decks
- Lumra, Bellow of the Woods: 3,918 decks
- Tannuk, Memorial Ensign: 1,275 decks
- Princess Yue: 1,009 decks
- Ultima, Origin of Oblivion: 992 decks
- Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait: 948 decks
- Tifa Lockhart: 867 decks
Often played with Arid Archway
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Arid Archway will return itself to its owner’s hand if you control no other lands when its enters-the-battlefield ability resolves (or if you choose to return it to its owner’s hand despite controlling other lands). It’s almost never a good idea to play it on your first turn.
- : Desert is a land subtype with no special meaning. It doesn’t grant the land an intrinsic mana ability. Other cards may care about which lands are Deserts.