Floodtide Serpent
Creature — Serpent
This creature can't attack unless you return an enchantment you control to its owner's hand. (This cost is paid as attackers are declared.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Born of the Gods
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #29257
Floodtide Serpent is a 4/4 that can't attack unless you return an enchantment to your hand — a real cost that makes it unplayable in most decks. The only context where that drawback flips into an upside is an enchantment-recursion shell that wants to replay those cards anyway.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Floodtide Serpent is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but that breadth is mostly academic. In competitive formats the attack restriction is disqualifying — no serious deck wants a 4/4 that bounces its own permanents to swing. Pauper is the one format where a cheap, evasion-adjacent body in an enchantress shell is occasionally worth a second look, but even there better options exist. Commander is where Floodtide Serpent finds its narrowest-but-most-realistic home: enchantment commanders that loop Auras or Sagas can turn the bounce trigger into card advantage rather than a punishment.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Floodtide Serpent is deep bulk — the kind of card that shows up in a collection binder, not a singles order. That price reflects exactly how rarely it gets played, so don't expect it to move unless a new enchantment-loop commander dramatically changes demand.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.