---
name: "Serpentine Curve"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "STX"
set_name: "Strixhaven: School of Mages"
collector_number: "52"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Kekai Kotaki"
oracle_id: "e07ed462-17b8-46ec-8a3f-3f5c89f4bf78"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/serpentine-curve-stx"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Serpentine Curve
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Create a 0/0 green and blue Fractal creature token. Put X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is one plus the total number of instant and sorcery cards you own in exile and in your graveyard.

> *「数学は厄介だよ。」
――ロアホールドの魔道生徒、ビム*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Fractal Summoning](/printing/fractal-summoning-stx.md) — Sorcery — Lesson
2. [Fractal Anomaly](/printing/fractal-anomaly-sos.md) — Instant
3. [Body of Research](/printing/body-of-research-pstx.md) — Sorcery
4. [Leyline Invocation](/printing/leyline-invocation-stx.md) — Sorcery
5. [Deekah, Fractal Theorist](/printing/deekah-fractal-theorist-soc.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
6. [Manifestation Sage](/printing/manifestation-sage-stx.md) — Creature — Human Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Strixhaven: School of Mages (STX) #52
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Kekai Kotaki
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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