Like most Magic: The Gathering cards, the value of Serpentine depends on a few consistent factors: its rarity, the printing and finish (regular or foil), its physical condition, and the set it was printed in (The List (Unfinity Foil Edition))
Ritual of the Machine There arent too many clean ways to take control of a creature in mono-black, as youre usually relegated to getting something back from an opposing graveyard
Last updated on January 16, 2026 Alloy Myr | Illustration by Matt Cavotta You happen across a small beaked robot autonomously performing and reperforming some long obsolescent task
First, you add any extra mana youre required to pay, then you subtract the discount from your cost reducers
If that means playing proxy versions of expensive Reserved List cards, go for it
The longer the game goes, the fewer cards the opponent will have in hand and if they end up without anything in hand, Dispersal will likely be doing a fairly handsome Vindicate impression one that can get around hexproof, at that