Serpent's Gift
Magic 2013 190 • common
- Set
- Magic 2013
- Collector number
- 190
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana green mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Steve Argyle
- Market price
- $0.13
What it does
Target creature gains deathtouch until end of turn. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
Venom is nature's way of redressing the imbalance between weak and mighty.
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
Serpent's Gift is an instant card released in the Magic 2013 core set, which debuted in July 2012. Core sets of this era were designed as foundational building blocks for the Magic: The Gathering ecosystem, intended to provide a mix of accessible cards for new players and strategic depth for veterans. The set focused on thematic elements of top-down design, often referencing classic fantasy tropes, with this card specifically reflecting the green color pie's emphasis on creature growth and resilience through predatory evolution.
The artwork for Serpent's Gift was created by Igor Kieryluk, an artist whose style is known for its dynamic lighting and sharp, illustrative focus on fantastical creatures. His design for this card captures the moment of metamorphosis, emphasizing the sleek, dangerous aesthetic typical of the set's green cards. Upon release, the card was generally viewed as a limited-format utility piece, appreciated for its ability to provide a sudden combat advantage, though it did not see widespread adoption in higher-level competitive constructed formats.
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