---
name: "Snake Cult Initiation"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "FUT"
set_name: "Future Sight"
collector_number: "89"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Justin Sweet"
oracle_id: "b6a64b19-e312-4e98-91bd-3bedca84eed3"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/snake-cult-initiation-fut"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Snake Cult Initiation
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has poisonous 3. (Whenever it deals combat damage to a player, that player gets three poison counters. A player with ten or more poison counters loses the game.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sabertooth Cobra](/printing/sabertooth-cobra-mir.md) — Creature — Snake
2. [Crypt Cobra](/printing/crypt-cobra-mir.md) — Creature — Snake
3. [Pit Scorpion](/printing/pit-scorpion-4ed.md) — Creature — Scorpion
4. [Marsh Viper](/printing/marsh-viper-drk.md) — Creature — Snake
5. [Necrogen Communion](/printing/necrogen-communion-one.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Hish of the Snake Cult](/printing/hish-of-the-snake-cult-mb2.md) — Legendary Creature — Snake

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Future Sight (FUT) #89
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Justin Sweet
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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