---
name: "Veiled Serpent"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Cycling"]
set: "USG"
set_name: "Urza's Saga"
collector_number: "110"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Bob Eggleton"
oracle_id: "ff59a95c-28de-44cf-abbe-772417851ffa"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/veiled-serpent-usg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Veiled Serpent
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment
- **Keywords:** Cycling

## Oracle Text
When an opponent casts a spell, if this permanent is an enchantment, it becomes a 4/4 Serpent creature with "This creature can't attack unless defending player controls an Island."
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Kukemssa Serpent](/printing/kukemssa-serpent-mir.md) — Creature — Serpent
2. [Veiled Sentry](/printing/veiled-sentry-usg.md) — Enchantment
3. [Floodtide Serpent](/printing/floodtide-serpent-bng.md) — Creature — Serpent
4. [Veiled Apparition](/printing/veiled-apparition-usg.md) — Enchantment
5. [Slipstream Eel](/printing/slipstream-eel-cmd.md) — Creature — Fish Beast
6. [Shrouded Serpent](/printing/shrouded-serpent-pcy.md) — Creature — Serpent

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Urza's Saga (USG) #110
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Bob Eggleton
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

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