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◇ Catalog #285

Cryptic Serpent

j22·#285·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Lius Lasahido

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for trade

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wishlisted

Dec '22

3 yr ago

Value

$1.66+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.68 · low $0.62

NM$0.66

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.61–$0.70modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $2.52low $0.56range 350.0%n 45

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

Nonfoil$0.66

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 $0.66. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.56 and $2.52 across 45 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from J22 — 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 #285 of *Jumpstart 2022*, the set that shipped alongside the December 2022 Jumpstart 2022 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.