Cryptic Serpent
Jumpstart 2022 (J22) #285 · Uncommon · Creature — Serpent
Mana cost: {5}{U}{U}
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.
Power/toughness 6/5 · Illustrated by Lius Lasahido · Released December 2, 2022
Prices
- Nonfoil: $0.90 USD · €2.40 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: down $0.11 USD (10.9%) to $0.90 USD; low $0.88 USD, high $1.19 USD.
Printings
- Commander Masters #83 (CMM) · Common · 2023 · $0.90 USD
- Jumpstart 2022 #285 (this printing) · Uncommon · 2022 · $0.90 USD
- Amonkhet Remastered #57 (AKR) · Uncommon · 2020
- Jumpstart #146 (JMP) · Uncommon · 2020 · $0.76 USD
- Game Night 2019 #18 (GN2) · Uncommon · 2019 · $1.24 USD
- Amonkhet #48 (AKH) · Uncommon · 2017 · $0.89 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Legal
- Historic: Legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Not legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2017-04-18 · wotc — A split card only counts once for Cryptic Serpent's ability, even if it's both an instant and a sorcery.
- 2017-04-18 · wotc — 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 · wotc — Cryptic Serpent's ability can't reduce its cost to less than {U}{U}.