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Crystalline Nautilus

{2}{U}

Enchantment Creature — Nautilus

JOUJourney into Nyx#34uncommon
Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Frame
2003
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 1067
Illustrator
Brad Rigney
Found in
Journey into Nyx MTGO Redemption · Journey into Nyx MTGO Redemption Foil · 2 more
Printings1EDHREC rank#27,401
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
Bestow {3}{U}{U} (If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached.) When this permanent becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it. Enchanted creature gets +4/+4 and has "When this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it."
4/4
Bestow
Market · per finishspark updated 23m ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
Nonfoil+50.0%
$0.18
$0.01 low$0.00 gapTCGplayer
Foil+2.6%
$0.40
$0.20 low$0.12 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$0.18· across 1 printing· you're viewing it

Rulings

9 · latest Apr 26, 2014
  • WotCApr 26, 2014

    Auras attached to a creature don't become tapped when the creature becomes tapped. Except in some rare cases, an Aura with bestow remains untapped when it becomes unattached and becomes a creature.

  • WotCApr 26, 2014

    Crystalline Nautilus's middle ability functions as long as Crystalline Nautilus is on the battlefield, whether it's a creature or an Aura.

  • WotCApr 26, 2014

    If a permanent with bestow enters the battlefield by any method other than being cast, it will be an enchantment creature. You can't choose to pay the bestow cost and have it become an Aura.

  • WotCApr 26, 2014

    If the enchanted creature leaves the battlefield, the Aura stops being an Aura and remains on the battlefield. Control of that permanent doesn't change; you'll control the resulting enchantment creature.

  • WotCApr 26, 2014

    On the stack, a spell with bestow is either a creature spell or an Aura spell. It's never both, although it's an enchantment spell in either case.

  • WotCApr 26, 2014

    Similarly, if you cast an Aura spell with bestow targeting a creature controlled by another player, and that creature is an illegal target when the spell tries to resolve, it will finish resolving as an enchantment creature spell. It will enter the battlefield under your control.

  • WotCApr 26, 2014

    Unlike other Aura spells, an Aura spell with bestow isn't countered if its target is illegal as it begins to resolve. Rather, the effect making it an Aura spell ends, it loses enchant creature, it returns to being an enchantment creature spell, and it resolves and enters the battlefield as an enchantment creature.

  • WotCApr 26, 2014

    Unlike other Auras, an Aura with bestow isn't put into its owner's graveyard if it becomes unattached. Rather, the effect making it an Aura ends, it loses enchant creature, and it remains on the battlefield as an enchantment creature. It can attack (and its {T} abilities can be activated, if it has any) on the turn it becomes unattached if it's been under your control continuously, even as an Aura, since your most recent turn began.

  • WotCApr 26, 2014

    You still control the Aura, even if it's enchanting a creature controlled by another player.