Cryptex
Mana cost
Mana value2TypeArtifact
Color identity
Colorless
RarityRare
SetMurders at Karlov Manor (MKM)
ArtistYeong-Hao Han
Price€0.11 · foil €0.14 · $0.12
Mana value2TypeArtifact
Color identity Colorless
RarityRare
SetMurders at Karlov Manor (MKM)
ArtistYeong-Hao Han
Price€0.11 · foil €0.14 · $0.12Cryptex
Artifact
, 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.
Legality
CommanderLegalStandardLegalPioneerLegalModernLegalLegacyLegalVintageLegalPauperNot legalBrawlLegalOathbreakerLegalHistoricLegalTimelessLegalPenny DreadfulLegal
Rulings
2024-02-02
Cryptex's first ability is a mana ability. It doesn't use the stack and can't be responded to.
2024-02-02
If you can't exile enough cards to meet or exceed the required mana value, you can't choose to collect evidence at all.
2024-02-02
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.
