Card

Cryptex

Artifact


, Collect evidence 3: Add one mana of any color. Put an unlock counter on Cryptex. (To collect evidence 3, exile cards with total mana value 3 or greater from your graveyard.)
Sacrifice Cryptex: Surveil 3, then draw three cards. Activate only if Cryptex has five or more unlock counters on it.


  Murders at Karlov Manor Promos (PMKM)
#251s, Rare

Illustrated by: Yeong-Hao Han

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.