Cryptic Serpent
Mana cost

Mana value7TypeCreature — Serpent
Color identity
Blue
RarityCommon
SetCommander Masters (CMM)
ArtistLius Lasahido
Price€1.59 · foil €3.42 · $0.80
About this card
Cryptic Serpent is a creature card in Magic: The Gathering with mana value 7 (color identity: blue). First printed in Amonkhet (2017); 5 paper printings in total. Legal in Commander, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage and Pauper. Cheapest printing: €1.60 (Commander Masters); most expensive: €2.89 (Game Night 2019).
Cryptic Serpent 


Creature — Serpent
This spell costs
less to cast for each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard.
It slithers through the senses, constricting consciousness and poisoning perceptions.
6/5
Name in each language
FrançaisSerpent cryptiqueEnglishCryptic SerpentEspañolSerpiente crípticaDeutschKryptische SchlangeItalianoSerpe CripticaPortuguêsSerpente Críptica日本語謎めいた海蛇
Legality
CommanderLegalStandardNot legalPioneerLegalModernLegalLegacyLegalVintageLegalPauperLegalBrawlLegalOathbreakerLegalHistoricLegalTimelessLegalPenny DreadfulNot legal
Rulings
2017-04-18
Cryptic Serpent's ability doesn't change its mana cost or mana value. It just reduces the cost to cast the spell.
2017-04-18
A split card only counts once for Cryptic Serpent's ability, even if it's both an instant and a sorcery.
2017-04-18
Cryptic Serpent's ability can't reduce its cost to less than .




