Desert of the Mindful
Desert of the Mindful: Land - Desert, Aetherdrift Commander. This land enters tapped. Tap: Add U. Cycling 1U. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana value
- 0
- Type
- Land - Desert
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Aetherdrift Commander (DRC)
- Released
- 2025-02-14
- Collector number
- 150
- Artist
- Christine Choi
- Commander rank
- 3,666 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Cycling
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About Desert of the Mindful
Desert of the Mindful is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common blue land from Aetherdrift Commander (DRC), a Commander product released in February 2025. It is collector number 150 in that set, with art by Christine Choi. As a land, it has no mana cost. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 7 sets, from Hour of Devastation (2017) to Aetherdrift Commander (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.24 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {U}.
Cycling {1}{U} ({1}{U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.24 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Desert of the Mindful by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Desert of the Mindful
Desert of the Mindful has been printed in 7 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C) #337 | Common | 2024 |
| Jumpstart 2022 (J22) #812 | Common | 2022 |
| Commander 2021 (C21) #287 | Common | 2021 |
| Amonkhet Remastered (AKR) #290 | Common | 2020 |
| Commander 2020 (C20) #267 | Common | 2020 |
| Hour of Devastation (HOU) #173 | Common | 2017 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Desert of the Mindful.
- 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.
Similar cards
Other land cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Desert of the Mindful is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.