A serpent coils a chosen rank: enemy pieces cannot enter or cross it for your opponent's next 5 turns (yours can). As it lands it may crush one enemy pawn on an adjacent rank.
You draft Cloud Serpent in Buff mode. Activated: you choose when to use it, and using it is your move for that turn.
As a protection card, it shields a piece or bars squares from the opponent.
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