Saiba Cryptomancer
- Mana cost
- {1}{U}
- Type
- Creature — Moonfolk Ninja
- Power / toughness
- 0 / 1
- Set
- March of the Machine #76 (common)
- Price
- $0.29 USD
Flash
Backup 1 (When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. If that's another creature, it gains the following ability until end of turn.)
Hexproof
Saiba Cryptomancer has 1 printing, first in March of the Machine (2023). EDHREC ranks it #12,420 among Commander cards. It appears most in Patron of the Moon decks (477 on EDHREC). It has 5 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Saiba Cryptomancer most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Patron of the Moon: 477 decks
- Lazav, the Multifarious: 166 decks
- Danny Pink: 164 decks
- Taeko, the Patient Avalanche: 96 decks
- Higure, the Still Wind: 93 decks
- Denry Klin, Editor in Chief: 83 decks
- Wasp, Shrinking Savior: 11 decks
- Hoshi Sato, Exolinguist: 7 decks
Often played with Saiba Cryptomancer
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Backup confers only abilities that are actually printed below it. Any abilities that are gained by the permanent are ignored, including abilities gained due to a resolving spell or ability or copy effects.
- : If a backup ability causes another creature to gain abilities, the creature with backup will still have those abilities.
- : If a backup ability targets the creature with backup, that creature will get +1/+1 counters, but it won’t gain additional abilities.
- : If a permanent enters the battlefield as a copy of a card with a backup ability or a token is created that is a copy of that card, the order of the printed abilities is maintained.
- : The abilities that backup grants to the target creature are determined only once, at the time the ability triggers. They won’t change if the permanent with backup loses any abilities before the backup ability resolves.