Snakeskin Veil

Foundations #233

Snakeskin Veil - Foundations

Type: Instant

Mana cost: {G}

Card text: 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.)

Rarity: uncommon

Artist: Dan Murayama Scott

"Most travelers panic when they stumble upon the skin of a giant rattlewurm. Landry saw it as a gift."

Released: November 15, 2024

Prices

$0.30 USD · $0.36 USD (Foil) · €0.12 EUR

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Format Legality

FormatLegality
Standard✓ Legal
Pioneer✓ Legal
Modern✓ Legal
Legacy✓ Legal
Commander✓ Legal
Vintage✓ Legal
Pauper✓ Legal
Oathbreaker✓ Legal

Draft & Sealed Synergies

Best cards to pair with Snakeskin Veil in Foundations limited

common

Treetop Snarespinner
Treetop Snarespinner
Creature — Spider

Snakeskin Veil protects Treetop Snarespinner while it activates its ability to add counters, and the hexproof prevents removal in response to the activation.

 Beast-Kin Ranger
Beast-Kin Ranger
Creature — Elf Ranger

The +1/+1 counter from Snakeskin Veil triggers Beast-Kin Ranger's ability to grow larger, and hexproof protects your key attacker from removal.

 Bite Down
Bite Down
Instant

Snakeskin Veil's +1/+1 counter makes your creature larger before Bite Down's fight effect, helping win combat while hexproof protects from removal.

uncommon

Felling Blow
Felling Blow
Sorcery

Snakeskin Veil's counter makes your creature bigger for Felling Blow's damage, and you can use it to protect the creature after declaring the fight.

rare

Mossborn Hydra
Mossborn Hydra
Creature — Elemental Hydra

Protecting Mossborn Hydra with hexproof while it accumulates counters from landfall is crucial, and the additional counter from Snakeskin Veil gets doubled by landfall triggers.

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