Lochmere Serpent (ELD)
Creature — Serpent
Flash
, Sacrifice an Island: Lochmere Serpent can't be blocked this turn.
, Sacrifice a Swamp: You gain 1 life and draw a card.
: Exile five target cards from an opponent's graveyard. Return Lochmere Serpent from your graveyard to your hand. Activate only as a sorcery.
Sam Burley
195/269
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Legalities
- brawl: banned
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- modern: legal
- pauper: legal
- standard: banned
- vintage: legal
- pioneer: legal
Rulings
- 2019-10-04:
An Island is a land with the subtype Island, not any land that could produce blue mana. For example, Mystic Sanctuary is an Island, but Castle Vantress isn’t. Similarly, a Swamp is a land with the subtype Swamp, not any land that could produce black mana.
- 2019-10-04:
Activating Lochmere Serpent’s first activated ability after it has become blocked won’t cause it to become unblocked.
- 2019-10-04:
You can’t activate Lochmere Serpent’s last ability without targeting five cards in a single opponent’s graveyard.
- 2019-10-04:
If up to four of the target cards are illegal targets by the time Lochmere Serpent’s last ability resolves, the remaining legal targets are exiled and Lochmere Serpent is returned to your hand.
- 2019-10-04:
If each target card is an illegal target by the time Lochmere Serpent’s last ability resolves, the entire ability won’t resolve. Lochmere Serpent won’t be returned.