Serpentine Curve
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Strixhaven: School of MagesSTX · #52
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.08 € · ★ 0.24 € · 0.13 $ · ★ 0.13 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
Create a 0/0 green and blue Fractal creature token. Put X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is one plus the total number of instant and sorcery cards you own in exile and in your graveyard.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Kekai Kotaki
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2021-04-23
Flavour text
"Math bites." —Bim, Lorehold mage-student
Rulings
If you own face-down cards in exile, they won’t count toward the value of X, even if you’re allowed to look at them and you know they are instant or sorcery cards.
Serpentine Curve itself is not yet in your graveyard when you determine the value of X.
