Shoal Serpent

Shoal Serpent

Creature — Serpent

Mana cost: {5}{U}

How we read this card

Defender
Whenever a land you control enters, this creature loses defender until end of turn.

triggered —

Causes: nothing.

Cares about: a land enters the battlefield.

Works well with

hits creature — 2,298 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Jalira, Master Polymorphist can put Shoal Serpent onto the battlefield from your library
  2. Kethek, Crucible Goliath — Kethek, Crucible Goliath can put Shoal Serpent onto the battlefield from your library
  3. Polymorph — Polymorph can put Shoal Serpent onto the battlefield from your library
  4. Birthing Ritual — Birthing Ritual can put Shoal Serpent onto the battlefield from your library
  5. Industrial Advancement — Industrial Advancement can put Shoal Serpent onto the battlefield from your library
  6. Killer Instinct — Killer Instinct can put Shoal Serpent onto the battlefield from your library
  7. Arthur, Marigold Knight — Arthur, Marigold Knight can put Shoal Serpent onto the battlefield from your library
  8. Proteus Staff — Proteus Staff can put Shoal Serpent onto the battlefield from your library
  9. Synthetic Destiny — Synthetic Destiny can put Shoal Serpent onto the battlefield from your library
  10. Divergent Transformations — Divergent Transformations can put Shoal Serpent onto the battlefield from your library
  11. Mass Polymorph — Mass Polymorph can put Shoal Serpent onto the battlefield from your library

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

put a land onto the battlefield — 1,560 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Umara Wizard // Umara Skyfalls — When Umara Wizard // Umara Skyfalls enters, Shoal Serpent triggers
  2. Sunken Palace — When Sunken Palace enters, Shoal Serpent triggers
  3. Staff of Titania — When a Forest or Dryad enters thanks to Staff of Titania, Shoal Serpent triggers
  4. Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus — When a land enters thanks to Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus, Shoal Serpent triggers
  5. Sword of the Animist — When a land enters thanks to Sword of the Animist, Shoal Serpent triggers
  6. Explorer's Scope — When a land enters thanks to Explorer's Scope, Shoal Serpent triggers
  7. Dragon-Cursed Halls — When Dragon-Cursed Halls enters, Shoal Serpent triggers
  8. Abstergo Entertainment — When Abstergo Entertainment enters, Shoal Serpent triggers
  9. Great Hall of the Biblioplex — When Great Hall of the Biblioplex enters, Shoal Serpent triggers
  10. Hall of Oracles — When Hall of Oracles enters, Shoal Serpent triggers

1,550 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

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

When Shoal Serpent attacks:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — deals 1 damage
  2. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — draws you 1 card
  3. Grim Javelineer — gives +1/+0
  4. Invisible Woman — triggers
  5. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — sacrifices a creature
  6. Guide of Souls — triggers
  7. Campsite Cuisine — sacrifices a Food
  8. Gossip's Talent — triggers
  9. Banon, the Returners' Leader — draws and discards
  10. Toph, Earthbending Master — puts a counter on a permanent

111 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 (Shoal Serpent is one).

When Shoal Serpent attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. Anthem of Rakdos — gives +2/+0
  3. Kindred Discovery — draws you 1 card
  4. Invasion of New Capenna // Holy Frazzle-Cannon — puts counters on a permanent
  5. Chorale of the Void — brings a card back
  6. Jolene, Plundering Pugilist — makes a token
  7. Saw — sacrifices a creature
  8. Gisa's Favorite Shovel — makes an opponent sacrifice a creature
  9. Ultima Weapon — kills a creature an opponent controls
  10. Total War — kills a creature

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

a creature blocks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Shoal Serpent is one).

When Shoal Serpent blocks:

  1. Mage Hunters' Onslaught — makes a player lose 1 life
  2. Carnage Gladiator — makes a player lose 1 life
  3. Perimeter Captain — gains you 2 life
  4. Barrow-Blade — strips abilities
  5. Heat of Battle — deals 1 damage
  6. Battle Strain — deals 1 damage
  7. Tide of War — sacrifices a creature
  8. Dead-Iron Sledge — kills a creature
  9. Dwindle — kills a creature
  10. Shield of the Righteous — triggers

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

a nontoken creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Shoal Serpent is one).

When Shoal Serpent attacks:

  1. Mardu Ascendancy — makes a token
  2. Basri Ket — makes a token
  3. Militia's Pride — makes a token

a creature deals combat damage — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Shoal Serpent is one).

When Shoal Serpent deals combat damage:

  1. Locutus of Borg — makes a token
  2. Antagonist Incorporator — makes a token
  3. Hive Mind Coprocessor — makes you lose life

194 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 (Shoal Serpent is one).

When Shoal Serpent is cast:

  1. Primeval Bounty — makes a token
  2. Bloodbond March — brings a card back
  3. Dancing from Dark to Dawn — puts that spell's mana value counters on a creature
  4. Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder — makes that spell's mana value tokens
  5. Summon: Fenrir — it arrives with counters thanks to Summon: Fenrir
  6. Summon: Brynhildr — grants haste
  7. Skittering Horror — sacrifices itself

84 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 (Shoal Serpent is one).

When Shoal Serpent enters:

  1. Slash, Reptile Rampager — deals 2 damage
  2. Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior — puts a counter on itself
  3. The Neutrinos — gets +1/+0
  4. Wingnut, Bat on the Belfry — grants flying, haste and menace
  5. Aetherstorm Roc — puts a counter on a permanent you control
  6. Raphael, Most Attitude — exiles a card from your library

299 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 (Shoal Serpent is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When Shoal Serpent enters, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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