---
name: "Serpentine Ambush"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "VOW-77"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Jokubas Uogintas"
oracle_id: "822b6d56-939a-42b9-b50c-9a8ba50ec3ad"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/serpentine-ambush-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Serpentine Ambush
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Until end of turn, target creature becomes a blue Serpent with base power and toughness 5/5.

> *The merchant did guarantee the new bait would bring in something big.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Startling Development](/printing/startling-development-iko.md) — Instant
2. [Snakeform](/printing/snakeform-c15.md) — Instant
3. [Mercurial Transformation](/printing/mercurial-transformation-stx.md) — Sorcery — Lesson
4. [Turn to Frog](/printing/turn-to-frog-c14.md) — Instant
5. [Polymorphist's Jest](/printing/polymorphists-jest-m15.md) — Instant
6. [Sea Kings' Blessing](/printing/sea-kings-blessing-leg.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #VOW-77
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Jokubas Uogintas
- **Total Printings:** 19 across all historical editions

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