Scalding Viper // Steam Clean
Creature — Elemental Snake // Sorcery — Adventure
Whenever an opponent casts a spell with mana value 3 or less, this creature deals 1 damage to that player.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Wilds of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.35
- EDHREC rank
- #6293
Scalding Viper // Steam Clean is a two-for-one stapled to a single card slot: a 1/3 flash creature that pings for 1 on entry and shocks any creature that deals combat damage to you, plus a sorcery-speed enchantment wipe on the back half. The cost is that neither mode is exceptional on its own — you're paying for flexibility, and in a format where individual card power matters, the Viper asks you to want both halves before it earns its slot. Beluna Grandsquall changes that calculus entirely, since she cares specifically about having an Adventure available, making Steam Clean a build-around piece rather than a consolation prize.
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Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Scalding Viper // Steam Clean is a niche inclusion that earns its spot almost exclusively in decks that specifically care about Adventurers or 1-damage pingers — outside those synergy homes, a 1/3 flash creature and a sorcery enchantment wipe rarely meet the bar in a 100-card singleton format full of dedicated answers. In constructed formats like Modern and Pioneer, the card faces the same structural problem: two underpowered halves don't add up to a playable rate when the competition for two-drop slots is fierce. Standard is the most forgiving environment, where card pools are shallow and an enchantment sweeper stapled to a flash creature can pull genuine double duty in a limited meta. Legacy and Vintage don't register it — the power floor is too high. Scalding Viper // Steam Clean is a Commander card first, and within Commander, a synergy card second.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.35 bulk tier
At $0.35, Scalding Viper // Steam Clean is bulk — a price that reflects its narrow application rather than any functional weakness in the right shell. It's unlikely to move much in either direction; niche Adventure synergy cards don't spike hard or crater, they just sit in the dime-to-quarter range until a new Adventurer commander pushes demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Beluna Grandsquall
- Eshki Dragonclaw
- Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph
- Niv-Mizzet, Visionary
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.