---
name: "Marsh Viper"
mana_cost: "{3}{G}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Snake"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "4BB"
set_name: "Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border"
collector_number: "263"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Ron Spencer"
oracle_id: "5249df56-7571-46c0-882e-cf88e452fb4d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/marsh-viper-4bb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Marsh Viper
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{G}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Snake
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/2

## Oracle Text
Whenever this creature deals damage to a player, that player gets two poison counters. (A player with ten or more poison counters loses the game.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sabertooth Cobra](/printing/sabertooth-cobra-mir.md) — Creature — Snake
2. [Pit Scorpion](/printing/pit-scorpion-4ed.md) — Creature — Scorpion
3. [Ohran Viper](/printing/ohran-viper-c15.md) — Snow Creature — Snake
4. [Crypt Cobra](/printing/crypt-cobra-mir.md) — Creature — Snake
5. [Serpent Generator](/printing/serpent-generator-5ed.md) — Artifact
6. [The Serpent Society](/printing/the-serpent-society-msh.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Snake Villain

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border (4BB) #263
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Ron Spencer
- **Total Printings:** 25 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `not_legal`