Python
Creature — Snake
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Visions
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #29497
Python is a 2/1 deathtouch creature for three mana — passable as a speed bump, but deathtouch on a body this small rarely justifies the slot. Better deathtouch options exist at every price point, and Python brings nothing else to the table.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Python is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but that breadth of legality doesn't translate to play. In Pauper it sits at the bottom of a crowded deathtouch pool where Typhoid Rats and Wasteland Viper do the same job cheaper. In Commander, three mana for a 2/1 with deathtouch is well below the rate the format demands. Legacy and Vintage don't register Python at all — those formats have no use for vanilla-adjacent creatures at this cost.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Python is pure bulk — you're not paying for power, you're paying for cardboard. It holds no financial value and no gameplay premium, so there's no reason to seek it out.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.