Bog Serpent
Creature — Serpent
This creature can't attack unless defending player controls a Swamp.
When you control no Swamps, sacrifice this creature.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Planar Chaos
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #29569
Bog Serpent is a 5/4 for six mana that can't block and gets exiled if you ever run out of Swamps — a steep and embarrassing drawback stapled to a vanilla body. The only shell where it earns a slot is Jon Irenicus, Shattered One, where donating a liability turns the downside into a weapon.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Bog Serpent sees essentially no competitive play in Legacy, Vintage, or Modern — formats where six mana buys game-ending threats, not conditional vanilla creatures. In Pauper the common-card pool is generous enough that a 5/4 with a self-destruct clause doesn't make the cut over cheaper, cleaner threats. Commander is the only format where Bog Serpent finds a functional niche, specifically in gift-and-curse strategies led by Jon Irenicus, Shattered One, where the card's downside becomes the point.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Bog Serpent sits firmly in bulk territory and will stay there — demand is too narrow to move the needle. Buy it for pennies if you're building Irenicus; otherwise it has no financial relevance.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.