Serpent's Soul-Jar

Serpent's Soul-Jar card image

Serpent's Soul-Jar: Artifact, Kaldheim Commander. Whenever an Elf you control dies, exile it. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{B}
Mana value
3
Type
Artifact
Colour identity
Black (B)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Kaldheim Commander (KHC)
Released
2021-02-05
Collector number
11
Artist
Dan Murayama Scott
Commander rank
15,870 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Serpent's Soul-Jar

Serpent's Soul-Jar is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black artifact from Kaldheim Commander (KHC), a Commander product released in February 2021. It is collector number 11 in that set, with art by Dan Murayama Scott. It costs {2}{B} (two generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Kaldheim Commander is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.32 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Whenever an Elf you control dies, exile it.

{T}, Pay 2 life: Until end of turn, you may cast a creature spell from among cards exiled with this artifact.

The coils spiral like time itself, carrying spirits back around from death to reawakening.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.32 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Serpent's Soul-Jar by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Serpent's Soul-Jar, newest first.

  • Players can respond to the triggered ability that exiles the card from your graveyard by removing it in some other way. If the card leaves the graveyard before the ability of Serpent's Soul-Jar exiles it, Serpent's Soul-Jar won't let you cast it.
  • The activated ability doesn't change when you can cast the creature spell. In most cases, this means during your main phase while the stack is empty, although flash may change this.

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