Cryptic Serpent
cmmCommander Masters#83common
Legal in 14 of 23 formats
Treatments
Foil
Price today · this printing
Nonfoil$0.94
Foil$1.53
Foil premium
1.63×nonfoil → foil
Nonfoil
$0.94
Foil
$1.53
Track in your collection
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Card text & rulings
Oracle text
Creature — Serpent
This spell costs 
less to cast for each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard.
P/T6/5
Ability breakdown
Abilities
StaticThis spell costs less to cast for each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard.
less to cast for each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard.Rulings
- WotCApr 18, 2017
A split card only counts once for Cryptic Serpent's ability, even if it's both an instant and a sorcery.
- WotCApr 18, 2017
Cryptic Serpent's ability can't reduce its cost to less than
. - WotCApr 18, 2017
Cryptic Serpent's ability doesn't change its mana cost or mana value. It just reduces the cost to cast the spell.
Market & price history
Market
CMM #83
2026-07-06Cryptic Serpent
$0.94TCGplayer market▲ +13.3% 7d
Lowest Listing
updated 2026-07-06Nonfoil
Lowest listingNM$0.25Buy on TCGplayer
Best buylist (NM)$0.80· Card Kingdom
Buy/Sell Gap$-0.55 (-220.0%)
Foil
Lowest listingNM$0.41Buy on TCGplayer
Best buylist (NM)$1.40· Card Kingdom
Buy/Sell Gap$-0.99 (-241.5%)
All finishes · 30d
updated 5h agoRealized change · today vs 30d ago
Nonfoil$0.94▼ -6.0%
Foil$1.53▼ -6.1%
Price signals
This printing
7d
rising
High conf
14d
stable
30d
falling
High conf
Liquidity (implied)Liquid
Trend is a smoothed signal, not the raw change. The chart above shows the realized change; this is a mover-discovery read per window, not a forecast.
Across all copies
This card, all printings.
Cheaper copy available: $0.55
Combos
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Where you can play it
commander
Legal to play
All formats
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
competitivebrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyNot legal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
Flavor & art
“It slithers through the senses, constricting consciousness and poisoning perceptions.”
Illustrated by
Lius Lasahido
Reference & exit links
Card details
- Artist
- Lius Lasahido
- Frame
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- Border
- black
- Security stamp
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