wotc
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.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #KTK-86
Rite of the Serpent
plst·#KTK-86·common·nonfoil
Illus. Seb McKinnon
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Nov '19
6 yr ago
Value
$0.28+$0 (+4.2%)
30 days high $0.29 · low $0.26
NM$0.28
LP—
MP—
HP—
DMG—
$0.26–$0.30modeled
30 days agotoday
90-dayhigh $0.28low $0.03range 833.3%n 57
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #28,952 · Fringe play
Variants
Gameplay
Sorcery
Destroy target creature. If that creature had a +1/+1 counter on it, create a 1/1 green Snake creature token.
"From your death, new life. From your loss, our profit."
—Kirada, Qarsi overseer
Legalities
tlrnot legal
duellegal
brawllegal
pennylegal
PreDH
Rulings · 4
wotc
You get the Snake token no matter who controlled the target creature.
wotc
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.
Context
Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.28. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.28 across 57 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PLST — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
Card #KTK-86 of *The List*, the set that shipped alongside the November 2019 The List release.
Card type: Sorcery, color identity black, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {4}{B}{B} (6 converted).
Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.
EDHrec ranks this card #28,952 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Seb McKinnon. Rarix catalogs 578 other cards credited to this artist.
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