Snake Basket
Artifact
, Sacrifice this artifact: Create X 1/1 green Snake creature tokens. Activate only as a sorcery.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- World Championship Decks 2000
- Price
- $1.08
- EDHREC rank
- #16838
Snake Basket converts mana directly into a swarm of 1/1 Snake tokens at instant speed, then sacrifices itself — the whole board impact is front-loaded and happens the turn you cast it. The cost is steep: X mana plus the card itself, meaning you're trading a permanent for a one-time burst, which is only worth it when you can double the trigger or immediately sacrifice the tokens for value, as you can with Ashnod the Uncaring copying the activated ability.
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 |
Snake Basket is a Commander card through and through — the format's higher starting life totals and multiplayer dynamics give you time to stockpile the mana needed to make X worthwhile, and token-payoff commanders turn a swarm of 1/1s into a win condition rather than a nuisance. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but effectively unplayable; those formats move too fast for a six-mana floor to produce anything threatening, and artifact removal is ubiquitous. Snake Basket is the rare card where the 100-card singleton environment is genuinely its best home.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Ashnod the UncaringSnake BasketSalvager of RuinAshnod's Altar
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite colorless mana; Infinite storm count; Infinite creature tokens
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Snake BasketAggravated AssaultEarthcraft
Infinite combat phases; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite mana basic lands you control can produce
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Current price
$1.08 cheap tier
At $1.08, Snake Basket sits at budget-bulk pricing that reflects its narrow role — it's not a card you jam in every green deck, so demand stays low. The price is stable at this floor; pick it up if it fits your gameplan and don't expect it to move.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.