Cryptex
Current paper retail
Card Kingdom$0.59
Cardmarket€0.25
ManaPool$0.23
TCGplayer$0.38
Buylist (dealers pay)
Card Kingdom$0.09
90-day paper retail (USD)
3 providers
This printing
SetPMKM
Collector #251s
Released2024-02-09
Rarityrare
ArtistYeong-Hao Han
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesPromo · Reprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

Cryptex

RareMV 2
Artifact
, Collect evidence 3: Add one mana of any color. Put an unlock counter on this artifact. (To collect evidence 3, exile cards with total mana value 3 or greater from your graveyard.)
Sacrifice this artifact: Surveil 3, then draw three cards. Activate only if this artifact has five or more unlock counters on it.
Keywords
Collect evidenceSurveil
Card capabilities
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
3 other English printingsEarliest 2024-02-09Newest 2024-02-09Cheapest priced $0.14 in MKM
Rulings (3)
wotc2 Feb 2024
Once you've announced that you're casting a spell, players can't take actions until you've finished doing so. Notably, opponents can't try to remove cards from your graveyard to stop you from collecting evidence.
wotc2 Feb 2024
If you can't exile enough cards to meet or exceed the required mana value, you can't choose to collect evidence at all.
wotc2 Feb 2024
Cryptex's first ability is a mana ability. It doesn't use the stack and can't be responded to.