---
name: "Scalding Viper // Steam Clean"
mana_cost: "{1}{R} // {1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Elemental Snake // Sorcery — Adventure"
colors: []
color_identity: ["R", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "PWOE"
set_name: "Wilds of Eldraine Promos"
collector_number: "235p"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Andrew Mar"
oracle_id: "12c71296-1243-49e6-a196-8b016a7b635c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/scalding-viper-steam-clean-pwoe"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Scalding Viper // Steam Clean
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{R} // {1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Elemental Snake // Sorcery — Adventure

## Oracle Text
(No Oracle text)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
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3. [Scathing Shadelock // Venomous Words](/printing/scathing-shadelock-venomous-words-sos.md) — Creature — Snake Warlock // Sorcery
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5. [Dread Linnorm // Scale Deflection](/printing/dread-linnorm-scale-deflection-clb.md) — Creature — Snake Dragon // Instant — Adventure
6. [Scoria Elemental](/printing/scoria-elemental-som.md) — Creature — Elemental

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Wilds of Eldraine Promos (PWOE) #235p
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Andrew Mar
- **Total Printings:** 4 across all historical editions

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2023-09-01)* If you cast an adventurer card as an Adventure, use only its alternative characteristics to determine whether it's legal to cast that spell. For example, if you control Johann, Apprentice Sorcerer ("Once each turn, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from the top of your library.") and Questing Druid is on top of your library, you can cast Seek the Beast, but not Questing Druid.
- *(2023-09-01)* If an object becomes a copy of an object that has an Adventure, the copy also has an Adventure. If it changes zones, it will either cease to exist (if it's a token) or cease to be a copy (if it's a nontoken permanent), and so you won't be able to cast it as an Adventure.
- *(2023-09-01)* If an effect instructs you to choose a card name, you may choose the alternative Adventure name. Consider only the alternative characteristics to determine whether that is an appropriate name to choose.
- *(2023-09-01)* If a spell is cast as an Adventure, its controller exiles it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard as it resolves. For as long as it remains exiled, that player may cast it as a permanent spell. If an Adventure spell leaves the stack in any way other than resolving (most likely by being countered or by failing to resolve because its targets have all become illegal), that card won't be exiled and the spell's controller won't be able to cast it as a permanent later.
- *(2023-09-01)* If an adventurer card ends up in exile for any other reason than by exiling itself while resolving, it won't give you permission to cast it as a permanent spell.
- *(2023-09-01)* If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, use the value chosen for X to determine the mana value of that spell.