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Cryptolith Fragment // Aurora of Emrakul — back face
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SetINR
Collector #472
Released2025-01-24
Rarityuncommon
ArtistJohn Avon
LanguageEN
Layouttransform
AttributesReprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

Cryptolith Fragment // Aurora of Emrakul

UncommonMV 3
Two-faced — transforms during play
Cryptolith Fragment
Artifact
This artifact enters tapped.
: Add one mana of any color. Each player loses 1 life.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if each player has 10 or less life, transform this artifact.
Aurora of Emrakul
Creature — Eldrazi Reflection
Flying, deathtouch
Whenever this creature attacks, each opponent loses 3 life.
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Keywords
DeathtouchFlyingTransform
Card capabilities
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
3 other English printingsEarliest 2016-07-22Newest 2025-01-24Cheapest priced $0.32 in EMN
Rulings (5)
wotc24 Jan 2025
If any player has 11 or more life as your upkeep begins, Cryptolith Fragment’s last ability doesn’t trigger. If any player has 11 or more life as the ability resolves, the ability has no effect.
wotc24 Jan 2025
In a Two-Headed Giant game, Aurora of Emrakul’s last ability causes each opponent to lose 3 life, so the opposing team loses a total of 6 life.
wotc24 Jan 2025
In a Two-Headed Giant game, Cryptolith Fragment’s mana ability causes each player to lose 1 life, so each team loses 2 life.
wotc24 Jan 2025
In a Two-Headed Giant game, Cryptolith Fragment’s last ability checks whether each team’s life total is 10 or less.
wotc24 Jan 2025
Cryptolith Fragment’s second ability is a mana ability. Players can’t respond to it or to the loss of life it causes.