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Scour the Desert

Scour the Desert

Sorcery

uncommon

Exile target creature card from your graveyard. Create X 1/1 white Bird creature tokens with flying, where X is the exiled card's toughness.

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Semantic Tags

Specifically removes creatures — destroy, exile, damage, or -X/-X.

Removes threats by exiling rather than destroying — bypasses indestructible and death triggers.

Graveyard Hatemechanical

Exiles cards from graveyards or prevents graveyard interaction. Shuts down recursion, flashback, and graveyard-matters strategies.

Cares about cards in the graveyard, puts cards into the graveyard, or benefits from things dying.

Removalmechanical

Answers an opponent's threat by destroying, exiling, bouncing, or otherwise removing a permanent or spell.

Creates creature tokens, Treasure tokens, Food tokens, Clue tokens, or other token types.

Format Legality

commanderlegal
oathbreakerlegal
modernlegal
pioneernot legal
standardnot legal
legacylegal
vintagelegal
paupernot legal
historiclegal
explorernot legal
alchemynot legal

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Printings (2)

SetRarityTCGplayerCard KingdomCardmarket
Jumpstart: Historic Horizons#122uncommon···
Modern Horizons 2#28uncommon···

Rulings

2021-06-18

Scour the Desert checks the exiled card's toughness in the graveyard, not what it is in exile.