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Sandman, Shifting Scoundrel
MTGO 0.02 tix

Sandman, Shifting Scoundrel

{1}{G}{G}

Legendary Creature — Sand Elemental Villain

Sandman's power and toughness are each equal to the number of lands you control.

Sandman can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less.

{3}{G}{G}: Return this card and target land card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

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Set
Through the Omenpaths (OM1 #113)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
3
Released
2025-09-23
Artist
Bartek Fedyczak
EDHREC rank
#9,269
Colour identity
{G}
Finishes
Nonfoil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.32
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander
RampRecursion

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Icetill Explorer 51 %+40.3 %
  2. Harrow 55 %+36.8 %
  3. Azusa, Lost but Seeking 50 %+33.8 %
  4. Mightform Harmonizer 40 %+33.5 %
  5. Oracle of Mul Daya 47 %+32.4 %
  6. Entish Restoration 50 %+32.1 %
  7. Summon: Titan 35 %+32.0 %
  8. Cultivator Colossus 41 %+31.9 %
  9. Ashaya, Soul of the Wild 47 %+31.8 %
  10. Rampaging Baloths 48 %+31.0 %
  11. Greensleeves, Maro-Sorcerer 35 %+30.6 %
  12. Lumra, Bellow of the Woods 38 %+30.0 %
  13. Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar 35 %+30.0 %
  14. Aftermath Analyst 34 %+28.8 %
  15. Greater Good 41 %+28.7 %
  16. Exploration Broodship 34 %+28.7 %
  17. Scute Swarm 44 %+28.5 %
  18. Avenger of Zendikar 43 %+27.7 %
  19. Momentous Fall 35 %+27.2 %
  20. Evolving Wilds 43 %+27.0 %
  21. Terramorphic Expanse 40 %+26.2 %
  22. Fabled Passage 39 %+25.0 %
  23. Traverse the Outlands 36 %+24.6 %
  24. Horizon Explorer 29 %+24.1 %
  25. Ramunap Excavator 34 %+23.9 %
  26. Roiling Regrowth 32 %+23.8 %
  27. Riveteers Overlook 29 %+23.1 %
  28. Braulios of Pheres Band 24 %+22.6 %
  29. Courser of Kruphix 29 %+22.2 %
  30. Cabaretti Courtyard 28 %+21.5 %
  31. Rancor 31 %+21.5 %
  32. Brokers Hideout 28 %+21.4 %
  33. Life's Legacy 27 %+21.4 %
  34. Tireless Tracker 32 %+21.1 %
  35. Tireless Provisioner 37 %+20.6 %
  36. Blackblade Reforged 29 %+20.6 %
  37. Loot, Exuberant Explorer 31 %+20.2 %
  38. Garruk's Uprising 60 %+20.2 %
  39. Vibrant Cityscape 24 %+20.0 %
  40. Titania, Nature's Force 25 %+19.6 %
  41. Wayward Swordtooth 26 %+19.2 %
  42. Lifestream's Blessing 24 %+19.0 %
  43. Spelunking 24 %+18.5 %
  44. Disciple of Freyalise 37 %+18.2 %
  45. Disciple of Freyalise 37 %+18.2 %
  46. Mole Man, Moloid Master 21 %+18.0 %
  47. Explore 40 %+17.5 %
  48. Exploration 34 %+17.4 %
  49. Six 24 %+17.2 %
  50. Myriad Landscape 40 %+16.6 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Forest 97 %+1.2 %
  2. Cultivate 62 %+10.5 %
  3. Garruk's Uprising 60 %+20.2 %
  4. Beast Within 56 %-0.7 %
  5. Harrow 55 %+36.8 %
  6. Sol Ring 52 %-18.9 %
  7. Rogue's Passage 52 %+14.9 %
  8. Icetill Explorer 51 %+40.3 %
  9. Azusa, Lost but Seeking 50 %+33.8 %
  10. Entish Restoration 50 %+32.1 %
  11. Rampant Growth 49 %+5.8 %
  12. Kodama's Reach 49 %+11.0 %
  13. Rampaging Baloths 48 %+31.0 %
  14. Oracle of Mul Daya 47 %+32.4 %
  15. Return of the Wildspeaker 47 %+10.9 %
  16. Ashaya, Soul of the Wild 47 %+31.8 %
  17. Rishkar's Expertise 46 %+16.3 %
  18. Nature's Lore 46 %+7.4 %
  19. Scute Swarm 44 %+28.5 %
  20. Avenger of Zendikar 43 %+27.7 %
  21. Evolving Wilds 43 %+27.0 %
  22. Three Visits 42 %+12.3 %
  23. Heroic Intervention 42 %-5.7 %
  24. Greater Good 41 %+28.7 %
  25. Cultivator Colossus 41 %+31.9 %
  26. Myriad Landscape 40 %+16.6 %
  27. Terramorphic Expanse 40 %+26.2 %
  28. Mightform Harmonizer 40 %+33.5 %
  29. Explore 40 %+17.5 %
  30. Fabled Passage 39 %+25.0 %
  31. Sakura-Tribe Elder 38 %+15.4 %
  32. Reliquary Tower 38 %+5.8 %
  33. Lumra, Bellow of the Woods 38 %+30.0 %
  34. Tireless Provisioner 37 %+20.6 %
  35. Disciple of Freyalise 37 %+18.2 %
  36. Disciple of Freyalise 37 %+18.2 %
  37. Traverse the Outlands 36 %+24.6 %
  38. Greensleeves, Maro-Sorcerer 35 %+30.6 %
  39. Summon: Titan 35 %+32.0 %
  40. Momentous Fall 35 %+27.2 %
  41. Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar 35 %+30.0 %
  42. Aftermath Analyst 34 %+28.8 %
  43. Exploration 34 %+17.4 %
  44. Ramunap Excavator 34 %+23.9 %
  45. Exploration Broodship 34 %+28.7 %
  46. Swiftfoot Boots 33 %+0.7 %
  47. Roiling Regrowth 32 %+23.8 %
  48. Skyshroud Claim 32 %+12.4 %
  49. Tireless Tracker 32 %+21.1 %
  50. Rancor 31 %+21.5 %

Format legality

Standard Legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Legal
Penny Not legal
Premodern Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Pauper EDH Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Legal
Gladiator Legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

  • 2025-09-19

    Sandman's first ability works in all zones, not only the battlefield.

  • 2025-09-19

    Sandman's second ability applies only at the time blockers are declared. For example, if Sandman is blocked by a creature with 4 power, and then an effect gives that creature -3/-0, it won't stop blocking Sandman.

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