---
name: "Soulcoil Viper"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Snake"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "LCI"
set_name: "The Lost Caverns of Ixalan"
collector_number: "120"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Allen Douglas"
oracle_id: "24c3c505-ddaa-4adb-983e-7c78d9933cc7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/soulcoil-viper-lci"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Soulcoil Viper
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Snake
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/3

## Oracle Text
{B}, {T}, Sacrifice this creature: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it. Activate only as a sorcery. (If a creature with a finality counter on it would die, exile it instead.)

> *„Wie die Schlange, die sich als Zeichen einer neuen Lebensphase häutet, streifen wir den Tod ab und erheben uns als Diener des Aclazotz."
—Vito, Ketzer der Kirche des Zwielichts*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Grim Reaper, Lethal Legionnaire](/printing/grim-reaper-lethal-legionnaire-msh.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Villain
2. [Grim Reaper's Scythe](/printing/grim-reapers-scythe-msc.md) — Legendary Artifact
3. [Queen's Bay Paladin](/printing/queens-bay-paladin-plci.md) — Creature — Vampire Knight
4. [Vigor Mortis](/printing/vigor-mortis-ddj.md) — Sorcery
5. [Sidisi, Regent of the Mire](/printing/sidisi-regent-of-the-mire-tdm.md) — Legendary Creature — Zombie Snake Warlock
6. [Resurrected Cultist](/printing/resurrected-cultist-dsk.md) — Creature — Human Cleric

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI) #120
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Allen Douglas
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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