Serpent Skin
Enchantment — Aura
Flash
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1.
: Regenerate enchanted creature.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Salvat 2005
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #21714
Serpent Skin gives a creature regeneration for three mana and can be cast for just one green to enchant a creature you already control — cheap protection that repeatedly saves your key pieces from destruction. It's narrow by Commander standards, but in formats or decks where creature investments need shielding, it punches 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 |
Serpent Skin is a fringe card across every format it's legal in. In Commander, regeneration is a second-rate form of protection compared to hexproof or indestructible, since board wipes that say 'exile' or 'destroy all creatures that can't be regenerated' invalidate the whole investment — still, it finds a home in green-heavy decks that want cheap, repeatable protection for a single critical creature. In Pauper, the one-mana enchant cost makes it more competitively interesting, and the common slot matters in a format where efficient protection is scarce. Legacy and Vintage have zero use for Serpent Skin given the raw power density of those formats.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Serpent Skin isn't currently available, but as a narrow aura from an older set it typically sits well under a dollar in most markets. Pick it up as a bulk inclusion if your deck wants it — there's no meaningful financial risk here.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.