Cryptex
- Mana cost
- {2}
- Type
- Artifact
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor #251 (rare)
- Price
- $0.14 USD
{T}, Collect evidence 3: Add one mana of any color. Put an unlock counter on this artifact. (To collect evidence 3, exile cards with total mana value 3 or greater from your graveyard.)
Sacrifice this artifact: Surveil 3, then draw three cards. Activate only if this artifact has five or more unlock counters on it.
Cryptex has 4 printings, first in Murders at Karlov Manor (2024). EDHREC ranks it #21,025 among Commander cards. It appears most in Neyam Shai Murad decks (32 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Cryptex most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Neyam Shai Murad: 32 decks
- Tersa Lightshatter: 19 decks
- Fang, Fearless l'Cie: 4 decks
- Proft, Consulting Detective: 1 decks
Often played with Cryptex
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Once you've announced that you're casting a spell, players can't take actions until you've finished doing so. Notably, opponents can't try to remove cards from your graveyard to stop you from collecting evidence.
- : Cryptex's first ability is a mana ability. It doesn't use the stack and can't be responded to.
- : If you can't exile enough cards to meet or exceed the required mana value, you can't choose to collect evidence at all.