Scalding Viper // Steam Clean

Scalding Viper // Steam Clean

Creature — Elemental Snake // Sorcery — Adventure

Mana cost: {1}{R} // {1}{U}

How we read this card

Whenever an opponent casts a spell with mana value 3 or less, this creature deals 1 damage to that player.

triggered — deals 1 damage

Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.

on-cast — bounce

Causes: anything deals noncombat damage, an artifact leaves the battlefield, a battle leaves the battlefield, a creature leaves the battlefield, an enchantment leaves the battlefield, a planeswalker leaves the battlefield.

Cares about: a spell is cast.

Works well with

an Adventure sorcery is cast — 77 cards in the game can cause this (Scalding Viper is one).

  1. Lucky Clover — When Scalding Viper // Steam Clean is cast, Lucky Clover copies a spell

cast a spell — 155 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Mogg Salvage — When Mogg Salvage is cast, Scalding Viper // Steam Clean deals 1 damage
  2. Shaman's Trance — When Shaman's Trance is cast, Scalding Viper // Steam Clean deals 1 damage
  3. Transcendent Dragon — When Transcendent Dragon is cast, Scalding Viper // Steam Clean deals 1 damage
  4. Smirking Spelljacker — When a spell is cast thanks to Smirking Spelljacker, Scalding Viper // Steam Clean deals 1 damage
  5. Etali, Primal Storm — When Etali, Primal Storm is cast, Scalding Viper // Steam Clean deals 1 damage
  6. Ian Malcolm, Chaotician — When Ian Malcolm, Chaotician is cast, Scalding Viper // Steam Clean deals 1 damage
  7. Kyren Legate — When Kyren Legate is cast, Scalding Viper // Steam Clean deals 1 damage
  8. Saprazzan Legate — When Saprazzan Legate is cast, Scalding Viper // Steam Clean deals 1 damage
  9. Knowledge Pool — When Knowledge Pool is cast, Scalding Viper // Steam Clean deals 1 damage
  10. Submerge — When Submerge is cast, Scalding Viper // Steam Clean deals 1 damage

145 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a Snake deals combat damage — 226 cards in the game can cause this (Scalding Viper is one).

  1. Seshiro the Anointed — When Scalding Viper // Steam Clean deals combat damage, Seshiro the Anointed draws you 1 card

a nontoken Snake enters the battlefield — 227 cards in the game can cause this (Scalding Viper is one).

  1. Sosuke's Summons — When Scalding Viper // Steam Clean enters, Sosuke's Summons returns itself from the graveyard

an Elemental enters the battlefield — 754 cards in the game can cause this (Scalding Viper is one).

When Scalding Viper // Steam Clean enters:

  1. Champion of the Path — deals its power damage
  2. Risen Reef — puts a land onto the battlefield

anything deals noncombat damage — 3,068 cards in the game can cause this (Scalding Viper is one).

When Scalding Viper // Steam Clean deals noncombat damage:

  1. Quest for Pure Flame — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Fear of Burning Alive — deals that amount damage
  3. Niv-Mizzet, Visionary — draws you that many cards
  4. Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph — deals 2 damage
  5. Chandra's Incinerator — deals that much damage
  6. Chandra's Pyreling — gets +1/+0
  7. Talon of Pain — puts a charge counter on itself
  8. Asgardian Inspiration — returns itself from the graveyard
  9. Thor, Guardian of Midgard — exiles a card from your library
  10. Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze — exiles a card from your library

36 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

life is lost — 3,160 cards in the game can cause this (Scalding Viper is one).

When Scalding Viper // Steam Clean makes a player lose life:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — raises your speed
  2. Zahur, Glory's Past — raises your speed
  3. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — raises your speed
  4. Aether Syphon — raises your speed
  5. Vnwxt, Verbose Host — raises your speed
  6. Embalmed Ascendant — raises your speed
  7. Slick Imitator — raises your speed
  8. Nesting Bot — raises your speed
  9. Howlsquad Heavy — raises your speed
  10. Hour of Victory — raises your speed

46 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a sorcery is cast — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this (Scalding Viper is one).

When Scalding Viper // Steam Clean is cast:

  1. Soul-Scar Mage — gets +1/+1
  2. Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage — gets +1/+1
  3. Spellweaver Volute — copies a spell
  4. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
  5. Niblis of Frost — gets +1/+1
  6. Primeval Bounty — puts 3 counters on a creature
  7. Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — gets +1/+1
  8. Thor, God of Thunder — deals that spell's mana value damage
  9. Artist's Talent — draws and discards
  10. Blood Funnel — sacrifices a creature

424 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature leaves the battlefield — 4,133 cards in the game can cause this (Scalding Viper is one).

  1. Dual Nature — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Scalding Viper // Steam Clean, Dual Nature exiles a creature

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (Scalding Viper is one).

When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Scalding Viper // Steam Clean:

  1. Extractor Demon — mills a card
  2. Valor of the Worthy — makes a token
  3. Traveling Plague — returns itself from the graveyard
  4. Funeral March — makes a player sacrifice a creature

28 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Scalding Viper is one).

When Scalding Viper // Steam Clean attacks:

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — makes a token
  2. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — draws you 1 card
  3. Invisible Woman — triggers
  4. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — sacrifices a creature
  5. Guide of Souls — triggers

123 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Scalding Viper is one).

When Scalding Viper // Steam Clean attacks:

  1. Anthem of Rakdos — gives +2/+0
  2. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  3. Saw — sacrifices a creature

193 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature is cast — 18,010 cards in the game can cause this (Scalding Viper is one).

  1. Champions of the Perfect — When Scalding Viper // Steam Clean is cast, Champions of the Perfect draws you 1 card

90 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature enters the battlefield — 18,448 cards in the game can cause this (Scalding Viper is one).

  1. Riku of Two Reflections — When Scalding Viper // Steam Clean enters, Riku of Two Reflections makes a token

32 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Scalding Viper is one).

When Scalding Viper // Steam Clean enters:

  1. Pollywog Prodigy — puts a counter on itself
  2. Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom — gains you 1 life
  3. Slash, Reptile Rampager — deals 2 damage
  4. Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior — puts a counter on itself
  5. Aetherstorm Roc — puts a counter on a permanent you control

322 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Scalding Viper is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When Scalding Viper // Steam Clean enters, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

54 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.