Spire Serpent
Creature — Serpent
Defender
Metalcraft — As long as you control three or more artifacts, this creature gets +2/+2 and can attack as though it didn't have defender.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Duel Decks: Mirrodin Pure vs. New Phyrexia
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #28344
Spire Serpent is a five-mana 2/6 that grows as you cast instants and sorceries — serviceable stats for the cost, but nothing that demands a slot. Competitive blue decks have better options at this price point, and casual tables rarely need a vanilla-adjacent blocker that requires setup to threaten.
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 |
Spire Serpent is essentially a Pauper card — that's the one format where a cheap, resilient blue body with upside can pull weight in spell-heavy tempo lists. In Commander, five mana for a creature that starts at 2/6 and needs spell density to become a real threat is too slow and too fragile to justify inclusion; the format's power ceiling has simply left Spire Serpent behind. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters — those formats don't tolerate five-mana creatures without immediate, game-warping impact. Oathbreaker is theoretically legal but shares Commander's problem: the card doesn't close games fast enough to matter.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't available for Spire Serpent right now, but as a common with narrow competitive application, copies typically show up in bulk bins for pennies. Unless you're specifically building a budget Pauper list, there's no urgency — supply is not going to dry up.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.