Cryptic Pursuit
Current paper retail
ManaPool$1.34
Card Kingdom$2.49
Cardmarket€1.58
TCGplayer$1.29
Buylist (dealers pay)
Card Kingdom$0.75
90-day paper retail (USD)
3 providers
This printing
SetPNCC
Collector #70p
Released2022-04-29
Rarityrare
ArtistMarc Simonetti
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesPromo · Reprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

Cryptic Pursuit

RareColour IDMV 4
Enchantment
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell from your hand, manifest the top card of your library. (Put that card onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)
Whenever a face-down creature you control dies, exile it if it's an instant or sorcery card. You may cast that card until the end of your next turn.
Keywords
Manifest
Card capabilities
Enchantment
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
2 other English printingsEarliest 2022-04-29Newest 2022-04-29Cheapest priced $0.23 in NCC
Rulings (13)
wotc29 Apr 2022
If a double-faced card is manifested, it will be put onto the battlefield face down. While face down, it can't transform. If the front face of the card is a creature card, you can turn it face up by paying its mana cost. If you do, its front face will be up.
wotc29 Apr 2022
Any time you have priority, you may turn a manifested creature face up by revealing that it's a creature card (ignoring any copy effects or type-changing effects that might be applying to it) and paying its mana cost. This is a special action. It doesn't use the stack and can't be responded to.
wotc29 Apr 2022
Turning a permanent face up or face down doesn't change whether that permanent is tapped or untapped.
wotc29 Apr 2022
Unlike a face-down creature that was cast using the morph ability, a manifested creature may still be turned face up after it loses its abilities if it's a creature card.
wotc29 Apr 2022
The face-down permanent is a 2/2 creature with no name, mana cost, creature types, or abilities. It's colorless and has a mana value of 0. Other effects that apply to the permanent can still grant or change any of these characteristics.
wotc29 Apr 2022
A permanent that turns face up or face down changes characteristics but is otherwise the same permanent. Spells and abilities that were targeting that permanent, as well as Auras and Equipment that were attached to the permanent, aren't affected.