Cryptic Serpent
- Mana cost
- {5}{U}{U}
- Type
- Creature — Serpent
- Power / toughness
- 6 / 5
- Set
- Game Night 2019 #18 (uncommon)
- Price
- $1.31 USD
This spell costs {1} less to cast for each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard.
Cryptic Serpent has 6 printings, first in Amonkhet (2017). EDHREC ranks it #17,815 among Commander cards. It appears most in Kiora, Sovereign of the Deep decks (467 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Cryptic Serpent most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Kiora, Sovereign of the Deep: 467 decks
- Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep: 36 decks
- Doc Ock, Sinister Scientist: 9 decks
- The Terror of Serpent's Pass: 4 decks
- Martha Jones: 2 decks
- Gandalf, Wandering Wizard: 1 decks
- Esior, Wardwing Familiar: 1 decks
Often played with Cryptic Serpent
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : A split card only counts once for Cryptic Serpent's ability, even if it's both an instant and a sorcery.
- : Cryptic Serpent's ability doesn't change its mana cost or mana value. It just reduces the cost to cast the spell.
- : Cryptic Serpent's ability can't reduce its cost to less than {U}{U}.