Rite of the Serpent
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Khans of TarkirKTK · #86
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.11 € · ★ 0.09 € · 0.04 $ · ★ 0.33 $
- Mana value
- 6
- Colour
- Black
Card text
Destroy target creature. If that creature had a +1/+1 counter on it, create a 1/1 green Snake creature token.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- Seb McKinnon
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2014-09-26
Flavour text
"From your death, new life. From your loss, our profit." —Kirada, Qarsi overseer
Rulings
If Rite of the Serpent resolves but the creature isn’t destroyed (perhaps because it has indestructible or it regenerated), you’ll get a Snake token if the creature has a +1/+1 counter on it.
If the creature is an illegal target as Rite of the Serpent tries to resolve, Rite of the Serpent won’t resolve and none of its effects will occur. You won’t get a Snake token.
Rite of the Serpent won’t create more than one Snake token, even if the target creature had more than one +1/+1 counter on it.
You get the Snake token no matter who controlled the target creature.
