Scouring Sands

Sorcery

Scouring Sands deals 1 damage to each creature your opponents control. Scry 1.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (40)

capwner on No Pain no Gain

3 months ago

This is actually a pretty neat idea for a list. Judith has a really cool and unique effect, giving spells deathtouch is sick! I think if I were building the deck I would try to capitalize on this by running even MORE sweepers just so that you have a critical mass of them and are almost always able to keep the board locked down. So almost like a wrath-prison deck. If it were me. There are so many of these effects so you could really go deep on them, Blazing Volley from your board seems great, Scouring Sands, Yamabushi's Storm, Rolling Earthquake, Molten Disaster, Pyroclasm, Bonfire of the Damned, Starstorm, Devastating Dreams is a personal favorite but this may not be the right list for that one. I'd go up to like 15 of these even. Maybe also something like Mithril Coat to protect Judith/other creats if you decide to go into symmetrical sweepers. I know it's a core part of this build but I would cut stuff like Dragon Fodder and Witty Roastmaster, the Redcap combo is good by itself and it doesn't need these more fragile pieces that need to sit on the battlefield. I'd swap them for more grindy advantage cards that want to go to the yard like Unlucky Witness, Bloodghast, Nether Traitor, Filth, supplemented with things like Grim Harvest, Skullclamp, Contamination, Chthonian Nightmare, Deadly Dispute. Necrotic Ooze combo seems right at home here too, but that might be a little boring. If you want to be more lethal, just run more tutors/entomb/buried alive to assemble a redcap or ooze kill. Straight up Reanimate spells could be good to use on your opponents fatties who just died to your death rain. Rise of the Dark Realms Grimoire of the Dead and Sheoldred  ^Flip can all mass reanimate your opponents' creatures. Shadowspear to remove indestructible from those pesky Etalis. Meltdown and Brotherhood's End for artifacts. Spiteful Banditry, The Reaver Cleaver, Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer, Big Score maybe for additional ramp. Ramp seems like a big deal since it's a 5 mana commander. You have some really sick cards in here already I love the Withering Boon, Delirium, Rakdos Charm, and Blood for the Blood God! is amazing in this. Great ideas, take my suggestions with a grain of salt because really the build I am suggesting is potentially very different from this one. +1

TheoryCrafter on FLING THE BURN

1 year ago

Have you considered Soul-Scar Mage? This will not only give them Wither, it will practically make most of your instants, sorceries and activated abilities board wipes once All Will Be One enters the battlefield.

May I also recommend cards that don't target including, but not limited to Anger of the Gods, Blazing Volley and Scouring Sands to get around cards that grant some sort of Hexproof, Protection, Shroud and/or Ward?

Plus, with all the looting going on you may want to consider cards with Flashback(including, but not limited to Increasing Vengeance, Past in Flames and Seize the Storm) and Madness(including, but not limited to, Avacyn's Judgment and Fiery Temper).

Other cards to consider are Bearer of the Heavens(if you're feeling really spiteful), Burning Anger and Toralf, God of Fury  ^Flip.

I hope this helps. Thank you for reading me out. Happy Hunting!

Kaowool on Killer instants

4 years ago

I'm curious about how the "scry" mechanic would work if I cast Spark Jolt when Burning Prophet is on the battlefield?

I also hesitate to replace my mass removal Blazing Volley by Scouring Sands to go with the theme. Is the cost of 1 extra mana for scry worth it?

No Lightning Bolt in the deck yet (since I don't own it, I will definetly have to buy some).

king-saproling on Torbran, Thane of Red Fell

5 years ago

You might like these: Ronin Cliffrider , Gratuitous Violence , Knollspine Dragon , Burning Earth , Grenzo's Ruffians , Insult , Spellshock , Embermaw Hellion , Scouring Sands , Prophetic Flamespeaker , Berserkers' Onslaught .

Also heads up, Nettle Drone is not red and will not get a damage boost from Torbran.

king-saproling on

5 years ago

Kazarov is so cool! Definitely an underrated general. You might like these: Thrashing Wumpus , Pestilence Demon , Scythe of the Wretched , Pyrohemia , Blazing Volley , Boiling Earth , Scouring Sands , Syr Carah, the Bold , Dry Spell , Wail of the Nim , Blade of the Bloodchief , Eternal Thirst , Infernal Genesis , Genesis Chamber , Akroan Horse

RoarMaster on Official missing/incorrect card/token thread

5 years ago

Scouring Sands is reading as illegal in pioneer.

king-saproling on

5 years ago

Torbran is really neat. Have you considered these? Manabarbs , Embermaw Hellion , Spellshock , Electrickery , Scouring Sands , Volcanic Vision , Knollspine Dragon , Ancient Runes , Vance's Blasting Cannons  ^Flip, Outpost Siege , AEther Sting , Repercussion , Balefire Dragon , Commune with Lava , Sunbird's Invocation

king-saproling on

5 years ago

Seems like you meant to include Firebrand Archer not Firebrand Ranger haha.

You might like these: Scouring Sands , Initiate of Blood , Coalhauler Swine , Sun-Crowned Hunters , Thornbite Staff , Dingus Staff , Lightning-Rig Crew , Lobber Crew , Nettle Drone , Gorgon's Head , Gorgon Flail , Viridian Longbow , Frostwielder , Prodigal Pyromancer