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Endless SandsHow it works & interactions with other cards

By the ManaCount desk· 4 min read· Commander 2020· April 17, 2020
Carte Magic Endless Sands

Endless Sands is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.

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Official card text

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Exile target creature you control. {4}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Return each creature card exiled with this land to the battlefield under its owner's control.

How it works : Endless Sands

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

  1. #1· Wizards of the Coast

    The last ability of Endless Sands returns only creature cards exiled by that card. If Endless Sands leaves the battlefield before you activate that ability, the exiled creatures are lost in the dunes forever.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  2. #2· Wizards of the Coast

    If you exile a creature that isn’t a creature card with the second ability of Endless Sands (such as a token creature or a land that has become a creature), the third ability won’t return that token or card from exile.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  3. #3· Wizards of the Coast

    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.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

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Popular combos

Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.

Yarok, the Desecrated
+Endless Sands
+Peregrine Drake
+Quarry Beetle
#1

Yarok, the Desecrated + Endless Sands + Peregrine Drake + Quarry Beetle

Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite mana lands you control can produceReturn all land cards from your graveyard to the battlefield
  1. 1Activate Endless Sands's second ability by tapping it and paying {2}, exiling Quarry Beetle.
  2. 2Cast Peregrine Drake by paying {4}{U}.
  3. 3Peregrine Drake enters the battlefield, triggering itself twice.
  4. 4Resolve the first Peregrine Drake trigger, untapping Endless Sands and up to four other lands.
  5. 5Activate your other lands by tapping them, adding at least {4}.
  6. 6Activate Endless Sands's second ability by tapping it and paying {2}, exiling Peregrine Drake.
  7. 7Resolve the second Peregrine Drake trigger, untapping Endless Sands and up to four other lands.
  8. 8Activate your other lands by tapping them, adding at least {4}.
Archaeomancer
+Crucible of Worlds
+Endless Sands
+Time Warp
#2

Archaeomancer + Crucible of Worlds + Endless Sands + Time Warp

Infinite turnsLock
  1. 1Cast Time Warp by paying {3}{U}{U}, taking an extra turn after this one.
  2. 2Cast Archaeomancer by paying {2}{U}{U}.
  3. 3Archaeomancer enters the battlefield, returning Time Warp to your hand.
  4. 4Activate Endless Sands' first ability by paying {2} and tapping it, exiling Archaeomancer.
  5. 5Move to your next turn.
  6. 6Cast Time Warp by paying {3}{U}{U}, taking an extra turn after this one.
  7. 7Activate Endless Sands' second ability by paying {4}, tapping it, and sacrificing it, returning Archaeomancer to the battlefield.
  8. 8Archaeomancer enters the battlefield, returning Time Warp to your hand.
Yarok, the Desecrated
+Endless Sands
+Peregrine Drake
+Molderhulk
#3

Yarok, the Desecrated + Endless Sands + Peregrine Drake + Molderhulk

Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite mana lands you control can produceReturn all land cards from your graveyard to the battlefield
  1. 1Activate Endless Sands's second ability by tapping it and paying {2}, exiling Molderhulk.
  2. 2Cast Peregrine Drake by paying {4}{U}.
  3. 3Peregrine Drake enters the battlefield, triggering itself twice.
  4. 4Resolve the first Peregrine Drake trigger, untapping Endless Sands and up to four other lands.
  5. 5Activate your other lands by tapping them, adding at least {4}.
  6. 6Activate Endless Sands's second ability by tapping it and paying {2}, exiling Peregrine Drake.
  7. 7Resolve the second Peregrine Drake trigger, untapping Endless Sands and up to four other lands.
  8. 8Activate your other lands by tapping them, adding at least {4}.
Yarok, the Desecrated
+Endless Sands
+Peregrine Drake
+Titania, Protector of Argoth
#4

Yarok, the Desecrated + Endless Sands + Peregrine Drake + Titania, Protector of Argoth

Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite mana lands you control can produceReturn all land cards from your graveyard to the battlefield
  1. 1Activate Endless Sands's second ability by tapping it and paying {2}, exiling Titania.
  2. 2Cast Peregrine Drake by paying {4}{U}.
  3. 3Peregrine Drake enters the battlefield, triggering itself twice.
  4. 4Resolve the first Peregrine Drake trigger, untapping Endless Sands and up to four other lands.
  5. 5Activate your other lands by tapping them, adding at least {4}.
  6. 6Activate Endless Sands's second ability by tapping it and paying {2}, exiling Peregrine Drake.
  7. 7Resolve the second Peregrine Drake trigger, untapping Endless Sands and up to four other lands.
  8. 8Activate your other lands by tapping them, adding at least {4}.
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