mtg serpent cards Commander EDH Deck The Society 100 Custom Deck Deathtouch Infect Poison Flash U Serpent, 61 cards | Magic:

It also enables infinite mana combinations with cards like Freed from the Real

Moving into other colors offers more alternatives, too

It does not, for example, change when you may activate abilities that can be activated "only as a sorcery." The last ability cares only about the amount of mana that was actually spent to cast the spell, regardless of its mana cost

While at first glance this looks like your average four mana clone, pretty interchangeable with any number of blue cards for EDH players who want this effect, it's actually a fair bit better than most

Stripping a commander of their abilities entirely can often be the better choice over removing it