Rite of the Serpent Price
3 printings · 2 sets · first printed 2014
Rite of the Serpent has been printed 3 times across 2 sets, first in 2014 and most recently in 2023. Right now the cheapest printing is Khans of Tarkir #86 at $0.04, while the most expensive is The List #KTK-86 at $0.29 — about 7× more. The median across 2 priced printings is $0.16. Reprint risk: ELEVATED — Reprinted 3x total; appeared once in a dedicated reprint set (The List).
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Every Rite of the Serpent Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khans of Tarkir #86 (C) Cheapest | 2014 | $0.04 | — |
| The List #KTK-86 (C) | 2019 | $0.29 | — |
| Khans of Tarkir #86y (C) | 2023 | — | — |
Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 3 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
4 PrecedentsIf 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.
You get the Snake token no matter who controlled the target creature.
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.
Rite of the Serpent won’t create more than one Snake token, even if the target creature had more than one +1/+1 counter on it.