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Snakeskin Veil

First printed in Kaldheim (2021)

All 9 prints

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  • Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM) #159, 2025
  • Cowboy Bebop (PCBB) #5, 2025
  • Foundations (FDN) #233, 2024
  • Foundations Jumpstart (J25) #713, 2024
  • Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ) #181, 2024
  • Commander Masters (CMM) #323, 2023
  • Strixhaven Mystical Archive (STA) #120, 2021
  • Strixhaven Mystical Archive (STA) #57, 2021
  • Kaldheim (KHM) #194, 2021

Snakeskin Veil

Instant

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It gains hexproof until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

"Does a serpent roar and chase its prey? No. A serpent waits silently for oblivious prey to draw near."

Illustrated by
Matt Stewart

Legality

Legal in
Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Pauper Commander, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Not legal in
Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, PreDH

Prices

MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 29 Oct 2026).

In Limited on MTG Arena

Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).

Set GIH WR vs set IWD Games
Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM), Premier Draft 56.4% +1.4 +3.4 43549
Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM), Sealed 61.7% +4.4 +6.5 2864
Foundations (FDN), Premier Draft 54.5% 0.0 +1.0 22863
Foundations (FDN), Sealed 55.6% +0.4 +1.7 1590
Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ), Premier Draft 57.2% +3.0 +2.3 121958
Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ), Sealed 58.1% +2.9 +0.9 5318
Kaldheim (KHM), Premier Draft 56.4% +1.9 +1.7 25003
GIH WR
win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
vs set
points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
IWD
improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
Games
games in which the card was seen

Standard In 45 of 1818 decks (2.5%), most in Green Landfall

Staple: main deck, 2% of decks (#197)

Share of decks
2.5%
▼ 1.9 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-07: 2.8% 2026-08-14: 3.7% 2026-08-21: 6.1% 2026-08-28: 8.5% 2026-09-04: 2.3% 2026-09-11: 4.2% 2026-09-18: 4.5% 2026-09-25: 4.6% 2026-10-02: 0.5% 2026-10-09: 2.9% 2026-10-16: 4.0% 2026-10-23: 2.9%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
45
31 main, 25 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.5
in the main deck
Win rate
58%
6 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Green Landfall 10.8% 19%
BRG (unclassified) 8.1% 1%
WG (unclassified) 0.7% 8%
RG (unclassified) 0.5% 33%
Mono-Green (unclassified) 0.2% 75%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Earthbender Ascension100%9.1
Fabled Passage100%8.6
Ba Sing Se100%7.6
Llanowar Elves100%7.0
Escape Tunnel97%8.8
Sazh's Chocobo97%8.8
Mossborn Hydra94%9.5
Mightform Harmonizer87%8.1
Icetill Explorer87%7.9
Demolition Field74%7.7

Best win rate

DeckRecord
Green Landfall
L1X0 in Standard Challenge 32		 7-2
78%
Green Landfall
FrankHolmquist in Standard Challenge 32		 7-2
78%
Green Landfall
FrankHolmquist in Standard Challenge 32		 6-2
75%
Green Landfall
MagicRaiz in Standard Challenge 32		 6-2
75%
Green Landfall
jtl005 in Standard Challenge 16		 6-2
75%
Green Landfall
MangledMeta in Standard Championship Week Finals		 6-2
75%
Green Landfall
Kikis in Standard Challenge 16		 5-2
71%
Green Landfall
oeni in Standard Challenge 32		 4-2
67%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
WG
Kritik, 		4 main #30
of 36
0-2
Green Landfall
C0urtSystem, 		2 side #25
of 32
1-2
RG
PJKP, 		1 side #9
of 30
3-2
RG
PJKP, 		1 side #19
of 77
4-3
Mono-Green
Kritik, 		4 main #20
of 62
3-3
RG
Arena ranked player, 		1 side
Mono-Green
Kritik, 		4 main 5-0
Green Landfall
Yuki Mochizuki, 		1 main #31
of 177

Modern In 1 of 2821 decks (0.0%), most in Prowess
Share of decks
0.0%
= vs previous 30 days
2026-08-07: 0.0% 2026-08-14: 0.0% 2026-08-21: 0.1% 2026-08-28: 0.0% 2026-09-04: 0.0% 2026-09-11: 0.0% 2026-09-18: 0.0% 2026-09-25: 0.0% 2026-10-02: 0.0% 2026-10-09: 0.0% 2026-10-16: 0.0% 2026-10-23: 0.2%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
1
1 main, 1 sideboard
Avg. copies
2.0
in the main deck
Win rate
–
0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Prowess 7.0% 1%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

No challenge results yet.

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Prowess
RogerSteady, 		2 main
1 side		 #32
of 46
1-2

Pauper In 6 of 2159 decks (0.3%), most in RG (unclassified)
Share of decks
0.3%
= vs previous 30 days
2026-08-07: 0.7% 2026-08-14: 0.3% 2026-08-21: 0.0% 2026-08-28: 0.2% 2026-09-04: 0.6% 2026-09-11: 0.0% 2026-09-18: 0.3% 2026-09-25: 0.2% 2026-10-02: 0.5% 2026-10-09: 0.0% 2026-10-16: 0.3% 2026-10-23: 0.0%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
6
5 main, 1 sideboard
Avg. copies
3.6
in the main deck
Win rate
53%
1 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
RG (unclassified) 2.6% 2%
UG (unclassified) 1.0% 5%
Infect 0.2% 100%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Rancor100%22.5
Blight Mamba80%435.8
Embiggen80%435.8
Glistener Elf80%435.8
Might of Old Krosa80%435.8
Ichorclaw Myr80%348.6
Mutagenic Growth80%193.7
Go Forth60%435.8
Llanowar Augur60%435.8
Escape Tunnel60%100.6

Best win rate

DeckRecord
Infect
Aimeric Duchemin in the300		 5-3
63%
Infect
LordReivax in the300		 3-4
43%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Infect
sammo1986, 		4 main 5-0
Infect
Aimeric Duchemin, 		4 main #54
of 258
5-3
Infect
LordReivax, 		4 main #149
of 258
3-4
RG
Vianney Madelin, 		2 main #230
of 258
0-4
Infect
Djamel ATLAOUI, 		4 main #1
of 23
4-0
UG
Céline C., 		1 side #13
of 23
0-1

Commander In 4 of 6143 decks (0.1%), most in Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers
Share of decks
0.1%
▼ 0.1 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-21: 0.5% 2026-08-28: 0.2% 2026-09-04: 0.2% 2026-09-11: 0.1% 2026-09-18: 0.3% 2026-09-25: 0.1% 2026-10-02: 0.2% 2026-10-09: 0.0% 2026-10-16: 0.1% 2026-10-23: 0.0%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
4
4 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
10%
0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers 0.5% 3%
The Cabbage Merchant 0.3% 5%
Loot, the Pathfinder 0.1% 25%
Tifa Lockhart 0.0% 100%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Heroic Intervention100%102.7
Sol Ring100%1.0
Nature's Claim75%36.1
Sylvan Library75%10.0
The One Ring75%4.0
Veil of Summer75%2.6
Delighted Halfling75%2.3
Crop Rotation75%2.2
Birds of Paradise75%1.7
Arcane Signet75%1.2

Best win rate

DeckRecord
Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers
Nadzif Najib in Quantum Nexus' Highlander 10K		 1-4
20%
Loot, the Pathfinder
Andrew Dwyer in FINAL BOSS CEDH Tournament		 0-5
0%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
The Cabbage Merchant
Andrew Hill, 		1 main #9
of 18
1-2
Tifa Lockhart
Jamie St. Jean, 		1 main #72
of 79
0-4
Loot, the Pathfinder
Andrew Dwyer, 		1 main #22
of 22
0-5
Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers
Nadzif Najib, 		1 main #40
of 84
1-4

Duel Commander In 3 of 117 decks (2.6%), most in Tifa Lockhart

Staple: main deck, 5% of decks (#469)

Share of decks
2.5%
▼ 0.3 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-07: 4.2% 2026-08-14: 3.3% 2026-08-21: 9.6% 2026-08-28: 3.3% 2026-09-04: 8.6% 2026-09-11: 0.0% 2026-09-18: 3.3% 2026-09-25: 0.0% 2026-10-02: 2.9% 2026-10-09: 2.9% 2026-10-16: 5.0% 2026-10-23: 0.0%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
3
3 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
–
0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Tifa Lockhart 2.6% 100%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Escape Tunnel100%40.3
Bant Panorama100%40.3
Hapatra's Mark100%40.3
Adventuring Gear100%40.3
Hobbit Hole100%40.3
Traveling Chocobo100%40.3
Ghost Quarter100%40.3
Scale Up100%40.3
Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers100%40.3
Become Immense100%40.3

Best win rate

No challenge results yet.

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Tifa Lockhart
CardGameAddict, 		1 main 5-0
Tifa Lockhart
TaZi, 		1 main 5-0
Tifa Lockhart
Garrug, 		1 main 5-0