Cryptic Trilobite
- Mana cost
- {X}{X}
- Type
- Creature — Trilobite
- Power / toughness
- 0 / 0
- Set
- Commander 2020 #21 (rare)
- Price
- $1.61 USD
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Add {C}{C}. Spend this mana only to activate abilities.
{1}, {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Cryptic Trilobite has 1 printing, first in Commander 2020 (2020). EDHREC ranks it #6,946 among Commander cards. It appears most in Ghave, Guru of Spores decks (2,966 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Cryptic Trilobite
- Timeless Wisdom - Commander 2020, led by Gavi, Nest Warden
Commanders that run Cryptic Trilobite most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Ghave, Guru of Spores: 2,966 decks
- Marath, Will of the Wild: 1,978 decks
- Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate: 1,955 decks
- Homer, the Hermit: 917 decks
- Lonis, Genetics Expert: 665 decks
- Godo, Bandit Warlord: 518 decks
- Satoru, the Infiltrator: 447 decks
- Fblthp, Lost on the Range: 418 decks
Often played with Cryptic Trilobite
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : You can spend the two colorless mana produced by Cryptic Trilobite on two different activated abilities.
- : A mana cost of {X}{X} means that you pay twice X. If you want X to be 3, you pay {6} to cast Cryptic Trilobite.
- : Activated abilities contain a colon, such as Cryptic Trilobite’s activated mana ability and its last activated ability. They’re generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keyword abilities are activated abilities (such as cycling) and will have colons in their reminder text.