---
name: "Serpent Specialist"
mana_cost: "{G}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Creature — Human Snake Villain"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Power-up", "Deathtouch"]
set: "MSH"
set_name: "Marvel Super Heroes"
collector_number: "186"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Daniel Landerman"
oracle_id: "556f127f-6131-4171-b1ed-11420c21d345"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/serpent-specialist-msh"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Serpent Specialist
- **Mana Cost:** `{G}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Snake Villain
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1
- **Keywords:** Power-up, Deathtouch

## Oracle Text
Deathtouch
Power-up — {3}{G}: Put two +1/+1 counters on this creature. (Activate each power-up ability only once. Reduce the cost by its mana cost if it entered this turn.)

> *„Was für eine Ausbeute, meine Liebe. Womit wir uns wohl morgen davonschlängeln werden?"
-Princess Python, Zelda DuBois*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Bushmaster, Coiled Henchman](/printing/bushmaster-coiled-henchman-msc.md) — Legendary Creature — Snake Human Villain
2. [Wasteland Viper](/printing/wasteland-viper-gk2.md) — Creature — Snake
3. [Narnam Cobra](/printing/narnam-cobra-klr.md) — Artifact Creature — Snake
4. [The Serpent Society](/printing/the-serpent-society-msh.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Snake Villain
5. [Moss Viper](/printing/moss-viper-thb.md) — Creature — Snake
6. [Death-Hood Cobra](/printing/death-hood-cobra-nph.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Snake

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Marvel Super Heroes (MSH) #186
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Daniel Landerman
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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