Rattle of the Viper

[ghostchild]

Rattle of the Viper
[1]GG
Instant
Choose one -- Put a 2/1 green Snake creature token into play that gains haste and first strike until end of turn; or choose a creature you control, and until end of turn, that creature gains Provoke and has "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to another creature, destroy that creature."
Entwine [1]G
Flashback [1]GG and discard two cards

Planar Chaos just gave us a take on Green creature removal in Utopia Vow, so I thought something that suits green's more aggressive side would be interesting.
Definitely Green should not get unconditional creature removal though. Also, I'm an advocate of Green having first strike when it makes sense, as I think this does.

[OfficeShredder]

I would say let them keep the token.  I like the card though, it has nice flavor while doing something green normally can't

[ghostchild]

To clarify, the Snake token stays in play, but it only has haste and first strike the first turn it's in play.

[Norm4eva]

IF the idea is to potentially allow the Snake to have th Basilisk ability, I don't think you can word it that way.  If not, then sure, this is neat.

[ghostchild]

Yes, the snake is supposed to be able to get the Provoke and basilisk ability if you entwine it. How could it be worded to make that possible?

[Anusien]

To clarify, the Snake token stays in play, but it only has haste and first strike the first turn it's in play.

Oh god, that's a horrid idea.  Please, let's keep awful memory issues to a minimum?

Why bother with Entwine?  Why not just creature that token?  Or "Aspect of the Viper" and make a creature Provoke and Venom?