Steelclad Serpent
Artifact Creature — Serpent
ALAShards of Alara#59common
Foil
"From the highest towers to the deepest sea, all life must be touched by etherium." —Lodus of the Ethersworn
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2003
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 896
- Illustrator
- Carl Critchlow
- Found in
- Shards of Alara MTGO Redemption · Shards of Alara MTGO Redemption Foil · 3 more
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
This creature can't attack unless you control another artifact.
4/5Market · per finishspark updated 22h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.07
$0.01 low$0.00 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.22
$0.10 low$0.02 gap
Finish
Market
Δ 7D · Trend
Low
Buylist
Buy / Sell Gap
Nonfoil
$0.07as of 2026-07-12
+0.0%
H $0.20L $0.04since Feb 2024$0.01
$0.01
$0.000% · normal spread
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Foil
$0.22as of 2026-07-12
+0.0%
H $0.45L $0.10since Feb 2024$0.10
$0.08
$0.02+20% · normal spread
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Cheapest playable copy$0.07· across 1 printing
Rulings
2 · latest Oct 1, 2008 · one tap opens all
- WotCOct 1, 2008
If you control two Steelclad Serpents, they’ll enable each other to attack.
- WotCOct 1, 2008
The only difference between a colored artifact and a colorless artifact is, obviously, its color. Unlike most artifacts, a colored artifact requires colored mana to cast. Also unlike most artifacts, a colored artifact has a color in all zones. It will interact with cards that care about color. Other than that, a colored artifact behaves just like any other artifact. It will interact as normal with any card that cares about artifacts, such as Shatter or Arcbound Ravager.