Skeletal Snake
Portal 111 • common
- Set
- Portal
- Collector number
- 111
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- John Matson
- Market price
- $0.18
What it does
They watched as the snake shed layer after layer until only cold bone remained.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Skeletal Snake was released as part of the Portal set in 1997, a beginner-friendly expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. This set was designed by Wizards of the Coast to simplify the complex mechanics of the core game, introducing simplified rules and card templates to attract new players to the hobby during a period of rapid growth for the franchise.
The card features an illustration by Jeff Miracola, a prolific fantasy artist whose work defined much of the aesthetic for this era of the game. The art highlights the creature's undead, stripped-down anatomical structure, aligning with the necromantic themes frequently found in black-aligned cards of the late 1990s. While intended primarily as a functional, low-cost creature for introductory play, the design remains a nostalgic touchstone for collectors of the Portal era.
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