Arid Archway settles into your deck as a utility land that trades tempo for selection. Arid Archway enters the battlefield tapped and asks you to return a land you control to its owner's hand on arrival. If that bounced land was another Desert you get one surveil which tightens your draws and sets up later plays or graveyard synergies. This is the kind of card that rewards deliberate sequencing and land drop management in slower white black shell builds.
As a Desert it slots cleanly into tribal synergies while also acting as a soft reset for problem lands or to reuse enter the battlefield triggers. Use it when you need to shuffle your top card or sculpt a later turn. The printed rules text is straightforward and the interaction is practical for pilots who favor resource control over raw speed.
Card Details:
-
Mana Cost —
-
Card Type Land
-
Subtypes Desert
-
Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) Arid Archway enters the battlefield tapped. When Arid Archway enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner s hand. If another Desert was returned this way, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
-
Power / Toughness N A
-
Loyalty N A
