Veiled Serpent
- Mana cost
- {2}{U}
- Type
- Enchantment
- Set
- Urza's Saga #110 (common)
- Price
- $0.21 USD
When an opponent casts a spell, if this permanent is an enchantment, it becomes a 4/4 Serpent creature with "This creature can't attack unless defending player controls an Island."
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Veiled Serpent has 2 printings, first in Urza's Saga (1998). EDHREC ranks it #28,452 among Commander cards. It appears most in Zhou Yu, Chief Commander decks (2 on EDHREC). It has 4 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Veiled Serpent most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Zhou Yu, Chief Commander: 2 decks
- Glacian, Powerstone Engineer: 1 decks
Often played with Veiled Serpent
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : It triggers when the spell is cast, which means it becomes a creature before that spell resolves.
- : It changes into a creature even if the spell is countered.
- : When it turns into a creature, it is no longer an enchantment.
- : A noncreature permanent that turns into a creature can attack, and its {T} abilities can be activated, only if its controller has continuously controlled that permanent since the beginning of their most recent turn. It doesn't matter how long the permanent has been a creature.