Sliptide Serpent
Nemesis 43 • rare
- Set
- Nemesis
- Collector number
- 43
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Daren Bader
- Market price
- $0.32
What it does
3 generic mana blue mana: Return this creature to its owner's hand.
It's futile to fight something you can see only in the corner of your eye.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Sliptide Serpent was released in the Nemesis expansion for Magic: The Gathering in February 2000. As part of the Mercadian Masques block, the set focused on the subterranean and political tensions of the plane of Mercadia. The card was designed to function as a middle-tier blue creature, embodying the watery, evasive nature of the plane's inhabitants through its ability to bypass defenders under specific conditions.
The card features artwork by artist Donato Giancola, whose work throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s helped define the visual identity of Magic: The Gathering. Giancola's design aimed to evoke a sense of fluid, predatory motion, utilizing a cool color palette that aligned with the card's blue mechanical identity. It was well-regarded by players for its atmospheric aesthetic, fitting seamlessly into the high-fantasy narrative established by Wizards of the Coast during the turn of the millennium.
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