Forbidden Crypt
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This printing
Set6ED
Collector #132
Released1999-04-21
Rarityrare
ArtistD. Alexander Gregory
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesReprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

Forbidden Crypt

RareColour IDMV 5
Enchantment
If you would draw a card, return a card from your graveyard to your hand instead. If you can't, you lose the game.
If a card would be put into your graveyard from anywhere, exile that card instead.
Card capabilities
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
1 other English printingEarliest 1996-10-08Newest 1996-10-08Cheapest priced $1.12 in MIR
Rulings (4)
wotc4 Oct 2004
The second ability is a replacement effect, not a triggered ability. The card never gets to the graveyard.
wotc4 Oct 2004
It will replace itself being sent to the graveyard, and exile itself.
wotc4 Oct 2004
The “if you can’t” in the first ability refers to putting the card in your hand, as well as being unable to choose a card. Thus, if you can’t choose a card during resolution, you lose the game.
wotc4 Oct 2004
If more than one card is being drawn due to a single effect, apply the replacement as if the cards were being drawn one at a time.