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Cryptborn Horror

{1}{B/R}{B/R}

Creature — Horror

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Although Cryptwitch Merree vanished after a spat with Rakdos, her playthings lingered.

Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Frame
2003
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 1793
Illustrator
Richard Wright
Found in
Return to Ravnica MTGO Redemption · Return to Ravnica MTGO Redemption Foil · 9 more
Printings3Combos18EDHREC rank#18,023
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
Trample This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the total life lost by your opponents this turn.
0/0
Trample
Plays as:
Counter Placer
Market · per finishspark updated 3h ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
Nonfoil+26.1%
$0.29
$0.05 low$0.02 gapTCGplayer
Foil-12.3%
$0.57
$0.33 low$0.25 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$0.29· across 3 printings· you're viewing it

Rulings

4 · latest Oct 1, 2012
  • WotCOct 1, 2012

    Cryptborn Horror cares about the total life lost, not necessarily what an opponent's life total is compared to what it was at the beginning of the turn. For example, if an opponent loses 5 life and then gains 10 life on the turn Cryptborn Horror enters, it will enter with five +1/+1 counters on it.

  • WotCOct 1, 2012

    If no opponent has lost life on the turn Cryptborn Horror enters, it will enter with no +1/+1 counters on it and be put into its owner's graveyard (unless something else is raising its toughness).

  • WotCOct 1, 2012

    In multiplayer games, life lost the turn Cryptborn Horror enters by opponents who left the game later that turn will count toward the value of X.

  • WotCOct 1, 2012

    Remember, damage dealt to a player causes that player to lose that much life (unless the source has infect).