Pact of the Serpent

Pact of the Serpent

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Sorcery

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Choose a creature type. Target player draws X cards and loses X life, where X is the number of creatures they control of the chosen type.

"Our quarrels behind us. Our foes before us. Death or triumph for us all!"

#2,149 EDHREC 🖌 Donato Giancola

Market prices

updated on 06/19/2026
from €1.05
Source Normal Foil
Cardhoarder 3.31 tix
Card Kingdom $2.29
Cardmarket €1.59
CardTrader Buy €1.05
TCGplayer $0.70

Trend · last 90 days · EUR

€1.05
min €1.05 max €1.70

CardTrader market

31 offers · from €1.05 · avg €324.58 · max €10,000.64

Near Mint: 23 · Slightly Played: 7 · Moderately Played: 1

Rulings (3)

You choose the target player as you cast Pact of the Serpent, but you don't choose the creature type until the spell resolves.

02/05/2021

You must choose an existing creature type, such as Squirrel or Knight. You can't choose card types (e.g., artifact) or supertypes (e.g., snow).

02/05/2021

The value of X is based on the number of creatures the player controls of the chosen type as Pact of the Serpent resolves.

02/05/2021

Legality by format

Brawl Not legal
Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Legacy Legal
Modern Not legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Old School Not legal
Pauper Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Premodern Not legal
Standard Not legal
Vintage Legal
Block Constructed Not legal
Extended Not legal
Frontier Not legal
Tiny Leaders Not legal