Serpent of the Pass
Creature — Serpent
If there are three or more Lesson cards in your graveyard, you may cast this spell as though it had flash.
This spell costs 
less to cast for each noncreature, nonland card in your graveyard.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #15734
Serpent of the Pass is a seven-mana 6/6 with reach — the body is fine, but the rate is unexciting without a reason to cast it repeatedly. Iroh, Grand Lotus provides exactly that reason, turning each cast into a triggered payoff that makes the Serpent worth slotting.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Iroh, Grand Lotus
Iroh, Grand Lotus rewards you for casting spells on each opponent's turn, and Serpent of the Pass is a high-cost spell you're happy to flash in as a blocker during an opponent's combat — stacking the trigger while also presenting a 6/6 reach threat that handles fliers.
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 |
Serpent of the Pass is legal across every major constructed format, but it doesn't see competitive play in any of them — seven mana for a vanilla-adjacent creature isn't where Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer want to be. Standard is the one context where a 6/6 reach body at that cost can occasionally fill a top-end role in creature-light midrange, but even there it competes with more impactful seven-drops. Commander is the natural home: the singleton format tolerates expensive creatures far better, and any commander that generates value from casting large spells turns Serpent of the Pass from a blank into a meaningful trigger.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Serpent of the Pass sits firmly in bulk territory — you're paying for cardboard, not demand. Bulk commons and uncommons at this price point rarely move unless a commander combo catapults them, so pick it up for pennies and don't expect the price to matter either way.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Iroh, Grand Lotus
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.