Serpent Warrior
Stronghold 69 • common
- Set
- Stronghold
- Collector number
- 69
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Ron Spencer
- Market price
- $0.17
What it does
When this creature enters, you lose 3 life.
A hiss before dying.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Serpent Warrior was released in 1998 as part of the Stronghold expansion set for Magic: The Gathering. As the second set in the Rath Cycle, Stronghold was designed to deepen the game's mechanical complexity by introducing new keywords and focusing on the aggressive, predatory themes of the Phyrexians and the plane of Rath. The card reflects the set's broader commitment to establishing the flavor of these hostile environments through creature-type expansion.
The card’s illustration was crafted by artist Mike Dringenberg, whose work is characterized by a distinct, gritty aesthetic often associated with the darker corners of 1990s fantasy art. His depiction of the Serpent Warrior captures the visceral, reptilian menace intended by the design team to populate the ranks of the set's black-aligned creature base. While the card is a standard common, it remains a notable piece of the game's late-nineties visual identity, representing the transition into more cohesive narrative-driven set design.
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