Sliptide Serpent
Creature — Serpent
: Return this creature to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Nemesis
- Price
- $0.36
- EDHREC rank
- #30384
Sliptide Serpent puts a 6/6 body on the table that opponents can't block with anything they'd rather keep — each combat, they're choosing between taking six or sacrificing a creature to stop it. The cost is real: six mana for a creature with no evasion beyond its pseudo-deterrent ability is a steep ask in any format where removal is free and instant-speed.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Sliptide Serpent fits narrowest in blue-heavy decks that want to apply pressure while discouraging chump blocks — think sea-monster tribal or Leviathan-themed builds where the size of the body matters and opponents have creature-light boards. In Legacy and Vintage, it sees no play; six mana for a vanilla-sized creature with a conditional combat ability doesn't compete with what those formats offer at that cost. Oathbreaker shares Commander's casual ceiling, which is the only other format where Sliptide Serpent could plausibly earn a slot.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.36 bulk tier
At $0.36, Sliptide Serpent is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not demand. There's no competitive home driving the price up, so it sits where it is and stays there.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.