Pact of the Serpent
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}{B}
- Type
- Sorcery
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander #206 (rare)
- Price
- $1.18 USD
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.
Pact of the Serpent has 2 printings, first in Kaldheim Commander (2021). EDHREC ranks it #2,268 among Commander cards. It appears most in Edgar Markov decks (12,642 on EDHREC). 2 public decks on TCG run it. It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Pact of the Serpent
- Blood Rites - The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander, led by Clavileño, First of the Blessed
- Elven Empire - Kaldheim Commander, led by Lathril, Blade of the Elves
Commanders that run Pact of the Serpent most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Edgar Markov: 12,642 decks
- Lathril, Blade of the Elves: 12,473 decks
- Clavileño, First of the Blessed: 6,135 decks
- High Perfect Morcant: 1,942 decks
- Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied: 1,932 decks
- Aphelia, Viper Whisperer: 1,930 decks
- Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver: 1,157 decks
- Marrow-Gnawer: 1,048 decks
Often played with Pact of the Serpent
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : You choose the target player as you cast Pact of the Serpent, but you don't choose the creature type until the spell resolves.
- : 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).
- : The value of X is based on the number of creatures the player controls of the chosen type as Pact of the Serpent resolves.