Ifnir Deadlands
Land — Desert
: Add 
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, Pay 1 life: Add 
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, Sacrifice a Desert: Put two -1/-1 counters on target creature an opponent controls. Activate only as a sorcery.
Jonas De Ro
Hour of Devastation (HOU)
• #179Rulings
If a Desert has an ability with a cost of “Sacrifice a Desert,” you can sacrifice that Desert to pay the cost for its own ability.
(wotc • 2017-07-14)
Desert is a land subtype with no special meaning. It doesn’t grant the land an intrinsic mana ability. Other cards may care about which lands are Deserts.
(wotc • 2017-04-18)
Rulings
If a Desert has an ability with a cost of “Sacrifice a Desert,” you can sacrifice that Desert to pay the cost for its own ability.
(wotc • 2017-07-14)
Desert is a land subtype with no special meaning. It doesn’t grant the land an intrinsic mana ability. Other cards may care about which lands are Deserts.
(wotc • 2017-04-18)