---
name: "Sandbar Serpent"
mana_cost: "{4}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Serpent"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Cycling"]
set: "USG"
set_name: "Urza's Saga"
collector_number: "95"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Jim Nelson"
oracle_id: "30fce201-03a8-4afc-a1ad-7a9b3fd59836"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sandbar-serpent-usg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Sandbar Serpent
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Serpent
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/4
- **Keywords:** Cycling

## Oracle Text
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sandbar Merfolk](/printing/sandbar-merfolk-usg.md) — Creature — Merfolk
2. [River Serpent](/printing/river-serpent-plst.md) — Creature — Serpent
3. [Lava Serpent](/printing/lava-serpent-iko.md) — Creature — Elemental Serpent
4. [Desert Cerodon](/printing/desert-cerodon-akh.md) — Creature — Beast
5. [Lonely Sandbar](/printing/lonely-sandbar-sld.md) — Land
6. [Shefet Monitor](/printing/shefet-monitor-akh.md) — Creature — Lizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Urza's Saga (USG) #95
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Jim Nelson
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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