Let’s be real—Riftbound’s Shadow Isles faction doesn’t need help looking terrifying, but Carnivorous Snapvine dials that horror up into an actual combat mechanic.
This is a 5-cost, 6-Might unit with direct interaction on summon, which is huge in a game where tempo is everything.
And because it doesn’t just remove—it fights—it brings actual tactical depth to how and when you play it.
Gameplay / Cool Mechanics
The line on Carnivorous Snapvine is clean and vicious: “When you play me, choose an enemy unit at a battlefield. We deal damage equal to our Mights to each other.”
That’s a brawl-style effect, and at 6 Might, this thing can flatten a lot of midrange threats on entry.
What makes it even better is that it’s your choice when it happens. You don’t have to wait for your opponent to swing into it.
You don’t have to bank on it surviving a turn. It walks in, snaps its leafy jaws, and probably takes something with it.
Even if the Snapvine dies in the exchange, you’re trading 5 cost for whatever premium unit it just removed—and clearing the path for the rest of your board.
It’s not just removal, though. If it survives, you’re left with a chunky 6 Might threat that most decks will have to respect or answer fast.
That means Carnivorous Snapvine creates both a short-term impact and a long-term problem.
Visuals
The art on Carnivorous Snapvine from Riftbound TCG hits somewhere between alien beast and corrupted plant god.
Twin mouths full of green-tinted fangs coil out from a bramble-choked swamp.
The colors are all muted sickness—acidic greens, swampy blacks, and rotten yellows—making it look like the forest itself grew teeth.
It’s chaotic and organic and wrong in all the right ways.
Also: excellent framing. The creature’s twisted body almost forms a circle around the frame’s edges, forcing your eye to stay inside the spiral, right where it wants you. Predators and artists, apparently.
Pull Rate & Value Speculation
Carnivorous Snapvine is card 149/298, and it’s already shaping up to be a strong mid-game control piece for Shadow Isles.
No official rarity has been posted, but the power level and visual detail suggest a Rare or possibly Epic.
The text box is clean, the effect is immediate, and it’s visually distinct—traits that tend to make cards collector favorites.
Foil versions of this one could look wild if they play with layered translucency on the vines or glow effects on the green maws.
No word yet on an alt or overnumbered variant, but this one’s prime candidate material.
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