Steelclad Serpent
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Shards of AlaraALA · #59
- Card type
- Artifact Creature — Serpent
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.02 € · ★ 0.15 € · 0.08 $ · ★ 0.31 $
- Mana value
- 6
- Power
- 4
- Toughness
- 5
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
This creature can't attack unless you control another artifact.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- Carl Critchlow
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2008-10-03
Flavour text
"From the highest towers to the deepest sea, all life must be touched by etherium." —Lodus of the Ethersworn
Rulings
If you control two Steelclad Serpents, they’ll enable each other to attack.
The only difference between a colored artifact and a colorless artifact is, obviously, its color. Unlike most artifacts, a colored artifact requires colored mana to cast. Also unlike most artifacts, a colored artifact has a color in all zones. It will interact with cards that care about color. Other than that, a colored artifact behaves just like any other artifact. It will interact as normal with any card that cares about artifacts, such as Shatter or Arcbound Ravager.