Deep-Sea Serpent
Creature — Serpent
This creature can't attack unless defending player controls an Island.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Portal
- Price
- $0.27
- EDHREC rank
- #29525
Deep-Sea Serpent is a six-mana 5/5 with no evasion, no enters-the-battlefield effect, and no meaningful upside — it's a vanilla beater in a format where vanilla beaters don't make the cut. The bar for a six-drop in Commander is a game-warping effect, and Deep-Sea Serpent clears none of it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Deep-Sea Serpent is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In Commander, a 5/5 for six with no text gets outclassed by nearly every comparably costed creature in the format — there is no shell that wants this over a Serpent with actual abilities. Legacy and Vintage don't run six-mana vanilla creatures; the formats operate on a completely different axis. Deep-Sea Serpent has no competitive home in any format where it's legal.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.27 bulk tier
At $0.27, Deep-Sea Serpent sits firmly in bulk territory, and that price reflects its playability accurately. Bulk commons and vanillas don't appreciate — this one stays in the bulk bin.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.