wotc
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.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #251s
Cryptex
pmkm·#251s·rare·foil
Illus. Yeong-Hao Han
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for trade
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wishlisted
Feb '24
2 yr ago
Value
$1.55+$0 (+12.2%)
30 days high $0.55 · low $0.49
Volatility · high
USD$0.55EUR€0.28
NM$0.55
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #20,241 · Fringe play
Variants
Gameplay
Artifact
{T}, 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.
Legalities
tlrlegal
duellegal
brawllegal
pennylegal
PreDH
Rulings · 3
wotc
Cryptex's first ability is a mana ability. It doesn't use the stack and can't be responded to.
wotc
If you can't exile enough cards to meet or exceed the required mana value, you can't choose to collect evidence at all.
Context
Last observed at $0.55, up from $0.49 thirty days ago. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.07 and $0.69 across 985 observations. Headline volatility reads high. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
Last observed on Scryfall 20 hours ago at $0.55.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PMKM — the lineup includes Foil 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.
This card belongs to *Murders at Karlov Manor Promos* (released February 2024).
Card #251s in Murders at Karlov Manor Promos.
Rarity tier: rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters.
Card type: Artifact. Mana cost: {2} (2 converted). Keyword abilities: Collect evidence and Surveil.
Legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Brawl, and Historic.
EDHrec ranks this card #20,241 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Yeong-Hao Han. Rarix tracks 745 other cards credited to this artist across the catalog — browse the full gallery to see the body of work.
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Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Yeong-Hao Han
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