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◇ Catalog #48

Cryptic Serpent

akh·#48·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Lius Lasahido

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for trade

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wishlisted

Apr '17

9 yr ago

Value

$1.78+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.81 · low $0.74

NM$0.78

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.72–$0.82modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $2.12low $0.03range 6966.7%n 54

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #17,025 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$1.36

Nonfoil$0.78

Gameplay

Creature — Serpent

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard.

It slithers through the senses, constricting consciousness and poisoning perceptions.

6/5

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDHnot legal

Rulings · 3

2017-04-18wotc

A split card only counts once for Cryptic Serpent's ability, even if it's both an instant and a sorcery.

2017-04-18wotc

Cryptic Serpent's ability doesn't change its mana cost or mana value. It just reduces the cost to cast the spell.

2017-04-18wotc

Cryptic Serpent's ability can't reduce its cost to less than {U}{U}.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.78. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $2.12 across 54 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from AKH — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #48 of *Amonkhet*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2017 Amonkhet release.

Card type: Creature — Serpent, color identity blue, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {5}{U}{U} (7 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #17,025 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Lius Lasahido. Rarix catalogs 473 other cards credited to this artist.