The Terror of Serpent's Pass
Legendary Creature — Serpent
Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal
- Price
- $0.26
- EDHREC rank
- #21715
The Terror of Serpent's Pass lands as a 6/6 trampler with ward 2 for five mana — that's a clean rate before you account for the landfall trigger that can grow it further. It's a legitimate threat, not a bulk rare you're cutting at first glance.
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 |
Commander is where The Terror of Serpent's Pass earns its keep — landfall decks running Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait or Omnath, Locus of Rage want bodies that scale with land drops, and a 6/6 trample with ward 2 on turn five is hard to ignore. Legacy and Vintage are legal on paper, but neither format has any reason to run a five-mana creature with no immediate card-advantage or combo function — it simply doesn't compete. Oathbreaker is legal as well, and a landfall-heavy Nissa or Wrenn planeswalker shell could make use of it, though the pool is smaller.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.26 bulk tier
At $0.26, The Terror of Serpent's Pass is bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. Bulk rares at this price point rarely move unless a new commander pushes a specific theme, so treat it as a cheap pickup for the landfall deck you're already building, not a hold.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.