
Card text
This spell costs {1} less to cast for each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard.
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Mana cost
{5}{U}{U}
Power / toughness
6/5
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Card text
This spell costs {1} less to cast for each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard.
Format legality
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- AlchemyNot legal
About Cryptic Serpent
Cryptic Serpent (146) is a Blue Creature — Serpent from Jumpstart (JMP). It costs {5}{U}{U}, has mana value 7 and is a 6/5. It is printed at Uncommon rarity. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy and Vintage and 6 more formats.
Jumpstart is a reprint set, which collects earlier cards, released July 2020. Cryptic Serpent has 4 other cards in the database, listed further down the page.
This spell costs {1} less to cast for each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard.
Card details
- Card number
- 146
- Set
- Jumpstart (JMP)
- Set type
- Masters & special set
- Released
- 17 July 2020
- Rarity
- Uncommon (U)
- Printing
- Standard
- Type line
- Creature — Serpent
- Colour
- Blue
- Colour identity
- Blue
- Mana cost
- {5}{U}{U}
- Power / toughness
- 6/5
- Finish
- Non-foil
TCGplayer listing: Cryptic Serpent
Cryptic Serpent in other sets
Every other printing with this name, one per set.
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