---
name: "Immortal Coil"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "ALA"
set_name: "Shards of Alara"
collector_number: "79"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Dan Murayama Scott"
oracle_id: "c85fc672-12d8-4ab0-b18d-ccd590ac063c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/immortal-coil-ala"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Immortal Coil
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
{T}, Exile two cards from your graveyard: Draw a card.
If damage would be dealt to you, prevent that damage. Exile a card from your graveyard for each 1 damage prevented this way.
When there are no cards in your graveyard, you lose the game.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Forbidden Crypt](/printing/forbidden-crypt-6ed.md) — Enchantment
2. [Nefarious Lich](/printing/nefarious-lich-ody.md) — Enchantment
3. [Silent Gravestone](/printing/silent-gravestone-prix.md) — Artifact
4. [Negative Zone Portal](/printing/negative-zone-portal-msc.md) — Artifact
5. [Crumbling Sanctuary](/printing/crumbling-sanctuary-wc00.md) — Artifact
6. [Lich's Tomb](/printing/lichs-tomb-dst.md) — Artifact

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shards of Alara (ALA) #79
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Dan Murayama Scott
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`