Cryptbreaker
- Mana cost
- {B}
- Type
- Creature — Zombie
- Power / toughness
- 1 / 1
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop #839 (rare)
{1}{B}, {T}, Discard a card: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
Tap three untapped Zombies you control: You draw a card and lose 1 life.
Cryptbreaker has 6 printings, first in Eldritch Moon (2016). EDHREC ranks it #1,903 among Commander cards. It appears most in Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver decks (13,100 on EDHREC). 2 public decks on TCG run it. It has 1 official ruling.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Public decks that run Cryptbreaker
- Eternal Might - Aetherdrift Commander, led by Temmet, Naktamun's Will
- Wretched Ranks - Foundations Commander, led by Ghoulcaller Gisa
Commanders that run Cryptbreaker most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver: 13,100 decks
- Temmet, Naktamun's Will: 11,619 decks
- Hashaton, Scarab's Fist: 9,084 decks
- Varina, Lich Queen: 8,828 decks
- The Scarab God: 7,112 decks
- Ghoulcaller Gisa: 4,279 decks
- Gisa and Geralf: 2,838 decks
- Gisa, the Hellraiser: 2,439 decks
Often played with Cryptbreaker
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : You can tap any three untapped Zombies you control, including ones you haven’t controlled continuously since the beginning of your most recent turn, to pay the cost of Cryptbreaker’s second activated ability. This includes Cryptbreaker itself.