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Pact of the Serpent
RareColour IDMV 3
Sorcery
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.
Card capabilities
Sorcery
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Primary formats
Eternal formats
Digital formats
Other printings
1 other English printingEarliest 2023-11-17Newest 2023-11-17Cheapest priced $1.30 in LCC
Rulings (3)
wotc5 Feb 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).
wotc5 Feb 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.
wotc5 Feb 2021
You choose the target player as you cast Pact of the Serpent, but you don't choose the creature type until the spell resolves.
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