Snake Pit
Enchantment
Whenever an opponent casts a blue or black spell, you may create a 1/1 green Snake creature token.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.30
- EDHREC rank
- #13664
Snake Pit turns every counterspell and discard effect your opponents throw at you into a free 1/1 Snake, punishing interaction with board presence. At three mana for an enchantment that does nothing until targeted, it pays off fast in multiplayer — Aphelia, Viper Whisperer decks in particular run it as a core piece, not a cute include.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Aphelia, Viper Whisperer
Aphelia, Viper Whisperer rewards you for accumulating Snakes and casting spells your opponents try to disrupt, so Snake Pit converts every counterspell aimed at your gameplan into a body that feeds Aphelia's engine — the synergy is structural, not incidental.
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 Pit is a Commander card through and through — the more players at the table, the more countermagic and discard flying around, and three opponents mean triple the triggers. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but unplayable; those formats move too fast for a three-mana enchantment that needs repeated interaction to generate value. Oathbreaker gives it a smaller audience but the same logic applies: high-interaction pods reward Snake Pit, low-interaction ones leave it sitting idle.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.30 bulk tier
At $0.30, Snake Pit is bulk, and that price reflects availability rather than power — it's a genuine roleplayer in the right shells, not a draft chaff throwaway. Expect it to stay in this range; it's not a casual staple broad enough to spike.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.