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Cryptic Serpent
UncommonColour IDMV 7
Creature — Serpent
This spell costs less to cast for each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard.
6 / 5
Card capabilities
Cost reductionCreature
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Primary formats
Eternal formats
Other printings
5 other English printingsEarliest 2017-04-28Newest 2023-08-04Cheapest priced $0.75 in CMM
Rulings (3)
wotc18 Apr 2017
Cryptic Serpent's ability doesn't change its mana cost or mana value. It just reduces the cost to cast the spell.
wotc18 Apr 2017
Cryptic Serpent's ability can't reduce its cost to less than {U}{U}.
wotc18 Apr 2017
A split card only counts once for Cryptic Serpent's ability, even if it's both an instant and a sorcery.
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