First printed in Kaladesh (2016)
Creature — Serpent
Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs 
less to cast for each artifact you control.)
: This creature can't be blocked this turn.
Its collection is vast, yet each ship has a special place in its heart.
5/6
- Illustrated by
- Filip Burburan
Legality
- Legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Pauper Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Premodern, Old School 93/94, PreDH, Tiny Leaders
Rulings (4)
- This card’s first ability can’t reduce the total cost to cast the spell below .
- The total cost to cast this spell is locked in before you pay that cost. For example, if you control three artifacts, including one you can sacrifice to add
, the total cost of Gearseeker Serpent is 
. Then you can sacrifice the artifact when you activate mana abilities just before paying the cost. - Once a player has announced that they are casting this spell, no player may take actions to try to change the number of artifacts its controller controls before the spell’s cost is locked in.
- Once this creature has been blocked, activating its last ability won’t cause it to become unblocked.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aetherdrift (DFT), Premier Draft | 52.4% | -2.5 | +0.3 | 40698 |
| Aetherdrift (DFT), Sealed | 53.3% | -3.8 | -2.4 | 1864 |
- 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
