Serpent's Pass
Land
This land enters tapped.: Add
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, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #9855
Serpent's Pass enters tapped, produces any color, and triggers Avatar Aang's element-mastering abilities — the on-board impact is real, but the tempo loss of a tapped land is the price you pay every single time. It earns its slot in Aang decks specifically; outside that synergy, it's a worse Rupture Spire.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Avatar Aang
Avatar Aang cares about basic land types and elemental synergies, and Serpent's Pass checks enough boxes to justify inclusion — it's a five-color fixer that advances Aang's game plan without requiring additional setup.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Serpent's Pass is legal everywhere but earns consideration almost exclusively in Commander, where five-color fixing is a genuine need and the one-time tempo hit of entering tapped is easier to absorb over a longer game. In competitive formats like Modern or Legacy, tapped lands are a liability too steep to pay for fixing that offers no other upside — fetchlands and shocklands do the job faster and more reliably. In Pioneer and Standard, the same logic applies: Serpent's Pass competes against strictly better options at the same price point. Commander is where Serpent's Pass finds its audience, and even there it's a role-player rather than a staple.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Serpent's Pass sits firmly in bulk territory — the kind of card you grab without thinking twice when building a five-color Commander deck on a budget. Bulk lands rarely appreciate meaningfully, so treat this as a cheap role-player, not a hold.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Avatar Aang
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.