---
name: "Slipstream Eel"
mana_cost: "{5}{U}{U}"
cmc: 7
type_line: "Creature — Fish Beast"
colors: []
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Cycling"]
set: "CM2"
set_name: "Commander Anthology Volume II"
collector_number: "49"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Mark Tedin"
oracle_id: "74e6dd0f-2866-4d45-a214-8b09b837bc02"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/slipstream-eel-cm2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Slipstream Eel
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{U}{U}` (CMC: 7)
- **Type:** Creature — Fish Beast
- **Keywords:** Cycling

## Oracle Text
This creature can't attack unless defending player controls an Island.
Cycling {1}{U} ({1}{U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Deep-Sea Serpent](/printing/deep-sea-serpent-por.md) — Creature — Serpent
2. [Slipstream Serpent](/printing/slipstream-serpent-tsr.md) — Creature — Serpent
3. [Sea Serpent](/printing/sea-serpent-me4.md) — Creature — Serpent
4. [Sea Monster](/printing/sea-monster-tpr.md) — Creature — Serpent
5. [River Serpent](/printing/river-serpent-akh.md) — Creature — Serpent
6. [Ethereal Whiskergill](/printing/ethereal-whiskergill-lrw.md) — Creature — Elemental

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Anthology Volume II (CM2) #49
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Mark Tedin

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2008-10-01)* Cycling is an activated ability. Effects that interact with activated abilities (such as Stifle or Rings of Brighthearth) will interact with cycling. Effects that interact with spells (such as Remove Soul or Faerie Tauntings) will not.