Serpent's Gift
Instant
Target creature gains deathtouch until end of turn. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Magic 2013
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #25814
Serpent's Gift gives a creature deathtouch until end of turn for two mana at instant speed — clean, cheap, and brutal in combat or in response to a tap ability. It's a role-player, not a headliner, but in the right shell it punches well above its price.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Serpent's Gift earns its slot in decks that weaponize deathtouch — ping commanders, fight-spell synergies, or tap-to-deal-damage creatures turn a single mana investment into a removal spell. Pauper is where it sees the most competitive daylight, since deathtouch enablers at common are scarce and combat tricks matter more in a lower-powered environment. Legacy, Modern, and Vintage all have far stronger options at the same mana cost, so Serpent's Gift doesn't register there outside of extremely budget or theme-constrained builds.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Serpent's Gift is pure bulk — grab a copy out of any common bin without thinking twice. Don't expect that price to move; it's not scarce and sees no spike-worthy demand.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.