Cryptex
Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) #251 · Rare · Artifact
Mana cost: {2}
{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.
Illustrated by Yeong-Hao Han · Released February 9, 2024
Prices
- Nonfoil: $0.13 USD · €0.15 EUR
- Foil: $0.10 USD · €0.11 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: down $0.02 USD (13.3%) to $0.13 USD; low $0.13 USD, high $0.16 USD.
Printings
- Murders at Karlov Manor #251 (this printing) · Rare · 2024 · $0.13 USD
- Murders at Karlov Manor #422 (MKM) · Rare · 2024 · $0.15 USD
- Murders at Karlov Manor Promos #251p (PMKM) · Rare · 2024 · $0.45 USD
- Murders at Karlov Manor Promos #251s (PMKM) · Rare · 2024 · $0.38 USD foil
Legality
- Standard: Legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Legal
- Historic: Legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2024-02-02 · 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.
- 2024-02-02 · wotc — Cryptex's first ability is a mana ability. It doesn't use the stack and can't be responded to.
- 2024-02-02 · 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.