City of Shifting Sands

Great Arashin City is a practical inclusion for decks that can support a mixed mana base and a graveyard plan. This Near Mint Foil from Tarkir Dragonstorm enters tapped unless you control a Forest or a Plains, so it rewards board development and sequencing. The card also provides reliable black mana with a simple tap for {B}, making it an efficient source in midrange or control shells that need access to black without committing a basic land slot.

The secondary ability lets you leverage graveyard resources: for 1{B} and a tap plus exiling a creature card from your graveyard you create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token. That economy converts a used threat into a chump blocker or sacrifice fodder and can be smooth in aristocrat, sacrifice, and value-oriented builds. As a foil Near Mint piece it carries table presence for collectors while remaining a playable utility land. Consider it for decks that want incremental advantage and flexible answers to attrition.

Card Details:

• Mana Cost – None
• Card Type – Land
• Subtypes –
• Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – This land enters tapped unless you control a Forest or a Plains. Tap: Add {B}. 1{B}, Tap, Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token.
• Power / Toughness – N A
• Loyalty – N A