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◇ Catalog #57

Cryptic Serpent

DIGITAL ONLY

akr·#57·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Lius Lasahido

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Aug '20

6 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #17,025 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Creature — Serpent

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

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

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from AKR — the lineup includes 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 #57 of *Amonkhet Remastered*, the set that shipped alongside the August 2020 Amonkhet Remastered 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.