---
name: "Sinuous Striker"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Snake Warrior"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Eternalize"]
set: "HOU"
set_name: "Hour of Devastation"
collector_number: "45"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Svetlin Velinov"
oracle_id: "b4ed24b2-ba4f-492d-8b8d-44a5b21e4b33"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sinuous-striker-hou"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Sinuous Striker
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Snake Warrior
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Eternalize

## Oracle Text
{U}: This creature gets +1/-1 until end of turn.
Eternalize—{3}{U}{U}, Discard a card. ({3}{U}{U}, Discard a card, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie Snake Warrior with no mana cost. Eternalize only as a sorcery.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Champion of Wits](/printing/champion-of-wits-c21.md) — Creature — Snake Wizard
2. [Proven Combatant](/printing/proven-combatant-hou.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
3. [Naga Eternal](/printing/naga-eternal-war.md) — Creature — Zombie Snake
4. [Sunscourge Champion](/printing/sunscourge-champion-akr.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
5. [Fanatic of Rhonas](/printing/fanatic-of-rhonas-mh3.md) — Creature — Snake Druid
6. [Tah-Crop Skirmisher](/printing/tah-crop-skirmisher-pio.md) — Creature — Snake Warrior

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Hour of Devastation (HOU) #45
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Svetlin Velinov
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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