Iceridge Serpent
Creature — Serpent
When this creature enters, return target creature an opponent controls to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #19689
Iceridge Serpent is a 4/4 body for six mana with a tap ability that can only slow down a single creature — the rate is unplayable at nearly every table. Six mana for a vanilla-sized beater with a marginal frost effect is the wrong end of every cost-benefit calculation in Commander.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Iceridge Serpent is legal across every major format, but that legal status does no favors for it. In Commander, six mana demands immediate board impact or a combo payoff — a tap effect that doesn't even remove the threat fails that bar entirely. In competitive formats like Modern and Legacy, a six-mana 4/4 with no enters-the-battlefield effect and no evasion isn't a consideration. Even in Standard or Pauper, where the card pool is shallower, the stat-to-mana ratio leaves Iceridge Serpent well below the curve.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Iceridge Serpent sits firmly in bulk territory, and the price reflects the power level accurately. There is no meaningful demand driver here — no combo application, no Commander home, nothing to push the price above floor.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.