Cryptolith Fragment
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
This artifact enters tapped.
T: Add one mana of any color. Each player loses 1 life.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if each player has 10 or less life, transform this artifact.
Flying, deathtouch
Whenever this creature attacks, each opponent loses 3 life.
Rulings
5 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2025-01-24
In a Two-Headed Giant game, Cryptolith Fragment’s last ability checks whether each team’s life total is 10 or less.
- 2025-01-24
In a Two-Headed Giant game, Cryptolith Fragment’s mana ability causes each player to lose 1 life, so each team loses 2 life.
- 2025-01-24
Cryptolith Fragment’s second ability is a mana ability. Players can’t respond to it or to the loss of life it causes.
- 2025-01-24
In a Two-Headed Giant game, Aurora of Emrakul’s last ability causes each opponent to lose 3 life, so the opposing team loses a total of 6 life.
- 2025-01-24
If any player has 11 or more life as your upkeep begins, Cryptolith Fragment’s last ability doesn’t trigger. If any player has 11 or more life as the ability resolves, the ability has no effect.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Cryptolith Fragment, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rakdos, Lord of Riots | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Rakdos 1 deck
Cryptolith Fragment price history
The Innistrad Remastered #260 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2026 | $0.34 | $0.40 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | $0.34 | $0.40 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $0.33 | $0.40 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $0.32 | $0.40 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | $0.33 | $0.40 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $0.34 | $0.40 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | $0.34 | $0.39 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $0.35 | $0.39 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $0.36 | $0.39 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $0.36 | $0.37 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $0.37 | $0.37 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.36 | $0.37 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Cryptolith Fragment
3 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
- Normal
- $0.34
- Foil
- $0.40
- Normal
- $0.34
- Foil
- $0.52
- Normal
- $0.31
- Foil
- $2.31
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Cryptolith Fragment. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
