Slipstream Serpent
Creature — Serpent
This creature can't attack unless defending player controls an Island.
When you control no Islands, sacrifice this creature.
Morph 
(You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for 
. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
- CMC
- 8
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Time Spiral Remastered
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #28072
Slipstream Serpent is an eight-mana 6/6 with islandwalk — a statline that barely justifies its cost in 2024 Commander. Its one relevant home is Jon Irenicus, Shattered One, where donating it to an opponent who already runs Islands turns a liability into targeted harassment.
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, Slipstream Serpent is a fringe card in Irenicus gift-curse builds and nearly unplayable everywhere else — eight mana for a vanilla 6/6 with conditional evasion doesn't clear the bar in a format defined by Sol Ring acceleration and three-card combos. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant; no competitive shell wants this effect at this cost when evasive threats exist for half the mana. Pauper is the one format where Slipstream Serpent occasionally surfaces in mono-blue tempo as a budget finisher, since islandwalk is live against the format's heavy blue presence and commons have a lower power ceiling.
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Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Slipstream Serpent is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and postage. It won't appreciate; the only reason to acquire one is a specific Irenicus list, and you'll find it in a bulk bin before you need to order it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.