Dunes of the Dead
Dunes of the Dead: Land - Desert, Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander. Tap: Add Colorless. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana value
- 0
- Type
- Land - Desert
- Colour identity
- Colourless
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC)
- Released
- 2024-04-19
- Collector number
- 291
- Artist
- E. M. Gist
- Commander rank
- 5,655 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Dunes of the Dead
Dunes of the Dead is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon colourless land from Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC), a Commander product released in April 2024. It is collector number 291 in that set, with art by E. M. Gist. As a land, it has no mana cost. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Hour of Devastation (2017) to Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.26 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
{T}: Add {C}.
When this land is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
The Curse of Wandering permeated Amonkhet long before Nicol Bolas. He simply harnessed it.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.26 (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 Dunes of the Dead by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Dunes of the Dead
Dunes of the Dead has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Hour of Devastation (HOU) #175 | Uncommon | 2017 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Dunes of the Dead, newest first.
- Dunes of the Dead's second ability doesn't allow you to sacrifice it whenever you'd like. You must find another way to get Dunes of the Dead into the graveyard.
- If you sacrifice Dunes of the Dead to pay the activation cost of an ability, you'll create the Zombie token before that activated ability resolves.
- 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 no colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Dunes of the Dead is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.