Printings
Rite of the Serpent
Card Information
Type: Sorcery
Mana Cost: 4
CMC: 6
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Khans of Tarkir (KTK)
Rarity: Common
Collector Number: 86
Oracle Text
Destroy target creature. If that creature had a +1/+1 counter on it, create a 1/1 green Snake creature token.
Format Legalities
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Card Rulings
- September 20, 2014
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.
Source: wotc - September 20, 2014
You get the Snake token no matter who controlled the target creature.
Source: wotc - September 20, 2014
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.
Source: wotc - September 20, 2014
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.
Source: wotc
Price History
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