Ribbon Snake
Creature — Snake
Flying
: This creature loses flying until end of turn. Any player may activate this ability.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Prophecy
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #30137
Ribbon Snake is a vanilla 1/3 flyer for three mana with no abilities, no upside, and no competitive application in any format that matters. There is no deck that wants this.
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 |
Ribbon Snake is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality is not endorsement. In Commander, a 1/3 flyer for three with no text does nothing — the format's power floor is simply too high for a body this small and this blank. In Pauper, where commons compete seriously, Ribbon Snake still can't clear the bar; blue has access to far more efficient flyers and actual spell synergies at the same cost. Legacy and Vintage don't merit discussion.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Ribbon Snake is deep bulk — the kind of card that moves in bulk lots and nowhere else. That price won't drop meaningfully because it's already at the floor, but there's no demand driver that would push it up either.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.