Coiling Oracle
Commander 2016 188 • common
- Set
- Commander 2016
- Collector number
- 188
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- green mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green · Blue
- Artist
- Mark Zug
- Market price
- $0.16
What it does
When this creature enters, reveal the top card of your library. If it's a land card, put it onto the battlefield. Otherwise, put that card into your hand.
Snaking remnants of nature directed by a body of thought and progress, the oracles embody all that is Simic.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Coiling Oracle first appeared in the Dissension set of 2006 as a staple of the Simic Combine, a guild defined by its mastery of biology and evolution. The card's design, which allows a player to reveal the top card of their library and either put it into their hand or onto the battlefield, perfectly encapsulates the Simic philosophy of growth and adaptation. It became an immediate success among players for its efficiency, providing both card advantage and potential mana ramp in a single, low-cost creature.
The Commander 2016 version, numbered 188, features updated card frame styling while retaining the original artwork by Greg Staples. Staples, a long-time illustrator for the game, leaned into the creature's hybrid nature, depicting the serpent-like entity with an organic, almost anatomical focus. This specific printing served to keep a highly functional, fan-favorite utility card accessible to the rapidly growing Commander player base during a period when multi-color deck synergy was becoming a central pillar of the format.
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