wotc
Because you choose the target of Soulcoil Viper's ability before you pay the cost of sacrificing it, Soulcoil Viper can't be the target of its own ability.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #120
Soulcoil Viper
lci·#120·uncommon·nonfoil
Illus. Allen Douglas
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Nov '23
2 yr ago
Value
$0.18+$0 (+5.9%)
30 days high $0.18 · low $0.17
Volatility · moderate
EUR€0.05USD$0.18TIX0.03 tix
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #16,147 · Fringe play
Variants
Gameplay
Creature — Snake
{B}, {T}, Sacrifice this creature: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it. Activate only as a sorcery. (If a creature with a finality counter on it would die, exile it instead.)
"As the snake sheds its skin to be born anew, we cast off death to rise as servants of Aclazotz."
—Vito, Church of Dusk heretic
2/3
Legalities
tlrlegal
duellegal
brawllegal
pennynot legal
PreDH
Rulings · 5
wotc
Finality counters work on any permanent, not only creatures. If a permanent with a finality counter on it would be put into a graveyard from the battlefield, exile it instead.
wotc
Multiple finality counters on a single permanent are redundant.
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Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Allen Douglas
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