---
name: "Taniwha"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Serpent"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Trample", "Phasing"]
set: "MIR"
set_name: "Mirage"
collector_number: "95"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Ian Miller"
oracle_id: "371c993a-69b8-4a51-af89-982b79940b2d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/taniwha-mir"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Taniwha
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Serpent
- **Power/Toughness:** 7/7
- **Keywords:** Trample, Phasing

## Oracle Text
Trample
Phasing (This phases in or out before you untap during each of your untap steps. While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, all lands you control phase out. (They phase in before you untap during your next untap step.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Teferi's Isle](/printing/teferis-isle-mir.md) — Legendary Land
2. [Warping Wurm](/printing/warping-wurm-mir.md) — Creature — Wurm
3. [Ertai's Familiar](/printing/ertais-familiar-wth.md) — Creature — Illusion
4. [Sandbar Crocodile](/printing/sandbar-crocodile-mir.md) — Creature — Crocodile
5. [Teferi's Imp](/printing/teferis-imp-mir.md) — Creature — Imp
6. [Great Whale](/printing/great-whale-usg.md) — Creature — Whale

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mirage (MIR) #95
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Ian Miller
- **Total Printings:** 7 across all historical editions

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