---
name: "Shedding Snake"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Snake"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Menace"]
set: "UNK"
set_name: "Unknown Event"
collector_number: "CB05"
rarity: "common"
artist: ""
oracle_id: "10debff6-facb-4bbb-b183-a6e7208d7141"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/shedding-snake-unk"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Shedding Snake
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Snake
- **Power/Toughness:** 6/5
- **Keywords:** Menace

## Oracle Text
Menace
When Shedding Snake enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you do, the commander tax on each of your commanders is reduced back to zero.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Serpent Warrior](/printing/serpent-warrior-7ed.md) — Creature — Snake Warrior
2. [Tax Sweeper](/printing/tax-sweeper-unk.md) — Sorcery
3. [Rite of the Serpent](/printing/rite-of-the-serpent-ktk.md) — Sorcery
4. [Rottenmouth Viper](/printing/rottenmouth-viper-pblb.md) — Creature — Elemental Snake
5. [Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper](/printing/ikra-shidiqi-the-usurper-cmr.md) — Legendary Creature — Snake Wizard
6. [Ophiomancer](/printing/ophiomancer-cc2.md) — Creature — Human Shaman

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Unknown Event (UNK) #CB05
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** 

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