diff --git a/Mage.Sets/src/mage/cards/s/SandStrangler.java b/Mage.Sets/src/mage/cards/s/SandStrangler.java
index 9ae9298abf8..3b9dac7e93b 100644
--- a/Mage.Sets/src/mage/cards/s/SandStrangler.java
+++ b/Mage.Sets/src/mage/cards/s/SandStrangler.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public class SandStrangler extends CardImpl {
 
         // When Sand Strangler enters the battlefield, if you control a Desert or there is a Desert card in your graveyard, you may have Sand Strangler deal 3 damage to target creature.
         Ability ability = new ConditionalTriggeredAbility(
-                new EntersBattlefieldTriggeredAbility(new DamageTargetEffect(3)),
+                new EntersBattlefieldTriggeredAbility(new DamageTargetEffect(3), true),
                 new OrCondition(
                         new PermanentsOnTheBattlefieldCondition(new FilterControlledPermanent(filterDesertPermanent)),
                         new CardsInControllerGraveCondition(1, filterDesertCard)),