The Terror of Serpent's Pass

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A 7-mana 8/8 hexproof legendary serpent — raw stats are impressive and hexproof protects it from targeted removal, making it a reasonable voltron carrier in blue, but {5}{U}{U} is extremely expensive and blue lacks the efficient aura/equipment support of white. It's a vanilla threat in most contexts with no ETB, no evasion, and no additional abilities, leaving it firmly fringe in Commander and Brawl where cheaper or more impactful threats exist.

• Despite hexproof, The Terror of Serpent's Pass has no evasion (no flying, trample, or unblockable), meaning it can be chump-blocked indefinitely — making it far less threatening as a voltron finisher than it appears.

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• At {5}{U}{U}, the double-blue pip requirement and total cost make it nearly unplayable in most blue Commander shells that prefer cheaper threats or creatures with immediate board impact.

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• Serpent tribal is extremely shallow in Commander, so typal synergy adds almost no value in practice despite the creature type.

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• EDHREC rank: #21,312