Nessian Asp
Creature — Snake
Reach
: Monstrosity 4. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put four +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Conspiracy: Take the Crown
- Price
- $0.25
- EDHREC rank
- #22427
Nessian Asp puts a 4/5 reach body on board for five mana with a built-in combat deterrent — the monstrosity ability threatens to grow it to a 9/10 that forces a fight with any target creature. The cost is efficiency: five mana for a vanilla-until-activated creature is below the bar in most powered green lists.
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 |
In Commander, Nessian Asp occupies the low end of playable green creatures — reach blocks flyers, and the monstrosity trigger can swing a combat step, but five mana for a do-nothing-immediately body is a tough sell when green has access to Polukranos, World Eater and Kalonian Hydra at similar price points. In Pauper it's more relevant, where the creature quality floor is lower and a 4/5 reach for five is a legitimate mid-game blocker in green stompy or ramp shells. Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, and Vintage have no practical use for it — the rate is simply too slow for any of those formats. Oathbreaker sits closer to Commander in texture, so the same ceiling applies there.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.25 bulk tier
At $0.25, Nessian Asp is deep bulk — the kind of card that shows up in draft chaff and precon filler. It holds that price floor without going lower simply because bulk commons rarely dip below a quarter in singles, not because demand is pulling it anywhere.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.