Serpentine Kavu
Creature — Kavu
: This creature gains haste until end of turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GR
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Invasion
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #29690
Serpentine Kavu turns every multicolored spell you cast into a temporary pump, but that pump only lasts until end of turn — you need a combat step waiting for it. It's a role-player in multicolor-heavy decks that can consistently leverage the bonus, and irrelevant anywhere else.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Serpentine Kavu belongs in multicolor-dense shells — think five-color goodstuff or Sliver-style tribal — where casting two or three multicolored spells in a turn before swinging is routine. Pauper is where Serpentine Kavu sees its most competitive light, slotting into multicolor aggro or domain strategies that chain gold spells and close fast. Legacy and Vintage have access to it but offer far stronger threats at the same cost, so it doesn't show up there outside of fringe brews. Oathbreaker can mirror the Commander use case if your signature spell is multicolored and you're building around combat.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Serpentine Kavu is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and postage, not the card. Bulk commons don't appreciate, but at this price there's no reason not to pick up a playset if the deck calls for it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.