Shivan Sand-Mage

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Shivan Sand-Mage: Creature - Lizard Shaman, Time Spiral Remastered. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{R}{R}
Mana value
4
Type
Creature - Lizard Shaman
Colour identity
Red (R)
Power / toughness
3/2
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Time Spiral Remastered (TSR)
Released
2021-03-19
Collector number
189
Artist
Dave Kendall
Commander rank
15,308 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Suspend

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About Shivan Sand-Mage

Shivan Sand-Mage is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon red creature from Time Spiral Remastered (TSR), a Masters set released in March 2021. It is collector number 189 in that set, with art by Dave Kendall. It costs {2}{R}{R} (two generic and two red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 3/2 creature. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Future Sight (2007) to Time Spiral Remastered (2021). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.22 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

When this creature enters, choose one -

• Remove two time counters from target permanent or suspended card.

• Put two time counters on target permanent with a time counter on it or suspended card.

Suspend 4-{R}

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.22 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Shivan Sand-Mage by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Shivan Sand-Mage

Shivan Sand-Mage has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Future Sight (FUT) #108Uncommon2007

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Shivan Sand-Mage, newest first.

  • The mana value of a spell cast without paying its mana cost is determined by its mana cost, even though that cost wasn't paid.
  • If the second triggered ability is countered, the card can't be cast. It remains exiled with no time counters on it, and it's no longer suspended.
  • Cards exiled with suspend are exiled face up.
  • If an effect refers to a "suspended card," that means a card that (1) has suspend, (2) is in exile, and (3) has one or more time counters on it.
  • If the first triggered ability of suspend (the one that removes time counters) is countered, no time counter is removed. The ability will trigger again at the beginning of the card's owner's next upkeep.
  • If the card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
  • You can exile a card in your hand using suspend any time you could cast that card. Consider its card type, any effects that modify when you could cast it (such as flash) and any other effects that stop you from casting it (such as from Meddling Mage's ability) to determine if and when you can do this. Whether you could actually complete all steps in casting the card is irrelevant. For example, you can exile a card with suspend that has no mana cost or that requires a target even if no legal targets are available at that time.
  • When the last time counter is removed, the second triggered ability of suspend (the one that lets you cast the card) triggers. It doesn't matter why the last time counter was removed or what effect removed it.

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