Soulcoil Viper

Soulcoil Viper

Creature — Snake

Mana cost: {2}{B}

How we read this card

Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it. Activate only as a sorcery.

activated {B}, {T}, Sacrifice this creature —

activated {B}, {T}, Sacrifice this creature — brings a card back

activated {B}, {T}, Sacrifice this creature — puts a counter on it

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, put a creature onto the battlefield, a creature leaves a graveyard, put a counter on anything.

Cares about: a creature in a graveyard.

Works well with

a Snake deals combat damage — 226 cards in the game can cause this (Soulcoil Viper is one).

  1. Seshiro the Anointed — When Soulcoil Viper deals combat damage, Seshiro the Anointed draws you 1 card

a nontoken Snake enters the battlefield — 227 cards in the game can cause this (Soulcoil Viper is one).

  1. Sosuke's Summons — When Soulcoil Viper enters, Sosuke's Summons returns itself from the graveyard

a creature leaves a graveyard — 1,302 cards in the game can cause this (Soulcoil Viper is one).

When Soulcoil Viper leaves a graveyard:

  1. Grim Reaper's Scythe — makes a token
  2. Syr Konrad, the Grim — deals 1 damage
  3. Cyan, Vengeful Samurai — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Along the Crooked Way — puts a counter on a Goblin or Army
  5. Skeleton Crew — makes a token
  6. Desecrated Tomb — makes a token
  7. Chalk Outline — makes a token
  8. Insidious Roots — makes a token
  9. Undead Hand Ninja — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  10. Rot Farm Mortipede — gets +1/+0

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,714 cards in the game can cause this (Soulcoil Viper is one).

When you sacrifice Soulcoil Viper:

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — makes a token
  2. Bag of Devouring — exiles it

a creature is sacrificed — 1,741 cards in the game can cause this (Soulcoil Viper is one).

When you sacrifice Soulcoil Viper:

  1. Ziatora, the Incinerator — deals that creature's power damage
  2. Dina, Essence Brewer — draws you 1 card
  3. Fleshtaker — gains you 1 life
  4. Body Dropper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Smothering Abomination — draws you 1 card
  6. Kels, Fight Fixer — draws you 1 card
  7. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — triggers
  8. Grist, the Hunger Tide — kills a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls
  9. Cabal Therapist — triggers
  10. Rakdos, the Muscle — exiles a card from an opponent's library

19 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything leaves a graveyard — 2,503 cards in the game can cause this (Soulcoil Viper is one).

When Soulcoil Viper leaves a graveyard:

  1. Blastoneuron — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab — makes a token
  3. Teval, the Balanced Scale — makes a token
  4. Hologram Stalker — makes a token
  5. Tormod, the Desecrator — makes a token
  6. Quintorius, Field Historian — makes a token
  7. Garrison Excavator — makes a token
  8. Amzu, Swarm's Hunger — makes a token
  9. Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch — becomes prepared
  10. Teval's Judgment — triggers

13 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Soulcoil Viper is in the graveyard, Chainer, Dementia Master can bring it back
  2. Havengul Lich — When Soulcoil Viper is in the graveyard, Havengul Lich can bring it back
  3. Liliana the Repentant — When Soulcoil Viper is in the graveyard, Liliana the Repentant can bring it back
  4. Paleoloth — When Soulcoil Viper is in the graveyard, Paleoloth can bring it back
  5. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — When Soulcoil Viper is in the graveyard, Chainer, Nightmare Adept can bring it back
  6. Banon, the Returners' Leader — When Soulcoil Viper is in the graveyard, Banon, the Returners' Leader can bring it back
  7. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — When Soulcoil Viper is in the graveyard, Surgical Suite // Hospital Room can bring it back
  8. Sword of Light and Shadow — When Soulcoil Viper is in the graveyard, Sword of Light and Shadow can bring it back
  9. Necromantic Thirst — When Soulcoil Viper is in the graveyard, Necromantic Thirst can bring it back
  10. Krile Baldesion — When Soulcoil Viper is in the graveyard, Krile Baldesion can bring it back
  11. Shriveling Rot — Shriveling Rot puts cards into the graveyard that Soulcoil Viper can bring back
  12. Foot Chopper — Foot Chopper puts cards into the graveyard that Soulcoil Viper can bring back
  13. Blasting Station — Blasting Station puts cards into the graveyard that Soulcoil Viper can bring back
  14. Spreading Plague — Spreading Plague puts cards into the graveyard that Soulcoil Viper can bring back
  15. Saw — Saw puts cards into the graveyard that Soulcoil Viper can bring back
  16. Hot Soup — Hot Soup puts cards into the graveyard that Soulcoil Viper can bring back
  17. Sporogenic Infection — Sporogenic Infection puts cards into the graveyard that Soulcoil Viper can bring back
  18. Mire Blight — Mire Blight puts cards into the graveyard that Soulcoil Viper can bring back
  19. Death Pits of Rath — Death Pits of Rath puts cards into the graveyard that Soulcoil Viper can bring back
  20. Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder — When Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder is in the graveyard, Soulcoil Viper can bring it back

1,195 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature dies — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Soulcoil Viper is one).

When Soulcoil Viper dies:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back
  3. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  4. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  5. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  6. Valkyrie's Call — brings a card back
  7. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  8. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card

62 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Soulcoil Viper is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Soulcoil Viper fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs

443 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Soulcoil Viper is one).

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Soulcoil Viper attacks, Shaun, Father of Synths makes a token

150 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Soulcoil Viper is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Soulcoil Viper attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

219 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Soulcoil Viper is one).

  1. Odunos River Trawler — When Odunos River Trawler enters thanks to Soulcoil Viper, it brings a card back
  2. Technomancer — When Technomancer enters thanks to Soulcoil Viper, it mills a card
  3. Overseer of the Damned — When Overseer of the Damned enters thanks to Soulcoil Viper, it kills a creature an opponent controls

446 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Soulcoil Viper is one).

  1. Malik, Grim Manipulator — When Malik, Grim Manipulator enters thanks to Soulcoil Viper, it triggers
  2. Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace — When Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace enters thanks to Soulcoil Viper, it makes an opponent sacrifice a creature

111 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.