Biblioplex Kraken
Creature — Kraken
When this creature enters, scry 3. (Look at the top three cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)
Whenever this creature attacks, you may return another creature you control to its owner's hand. If you do, this creature can't be blocked this turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Jumpstart 2022
- Price
- $0.35
- EDHREC rank
- #14026
Biblioplex Kraken lands as a massive body that draws cards equal to its power whenever it deals combat damage — raw, immediate card advantage stapled to a threat that demands an answer. The cost is steep at seven mana, but Kenessos, Priest of Thassa can cheat it into play off the top of the library, making the mana cost largely academic in that shell.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kenessos, Priest of Thassa
Kenessos, Priest of Thassa can put Biblioplex Kraken directly onto the battlefield by revealing it off the top of the library, bypassing the seven-mana cost entirely and immediately threatening a combat damage trigger that refills your hand.
Kiora, Sovereign of the Deep
Kiora, Sovereign of the Deep rewards playing large sea creatures, and Biblioplex Kraken fits squarely in that payoff slot — a Kraken that draws cards when it connects gives Kiora decks a resilient card-advantage engine that compounds if opponents can't answer it immediately.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Biblioplex Kraken is a Commander card through and through — the singleton format's slower pace gives a seven-mana threat enough time to matter, and the card-draw trigger scales up dangerously in multiplayer when opponents are reluctant to chump-block and gift you a full grip. In Legacy and Vintage, where it's technically legal, it has no competitive footing; seven mana for a creature that requires combat damage to generate value is decades behind the curve in those formats. Oathbreaker is its only other realistic home, and only in creature-based blue strategies that can survive the tempo hit of casting it fairly.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.35 bulk tier
At $0.35, Biblioplex Kraken is firmly bulk — pick it up in any trade binder or bulk bin without a second thought. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to move meaningfully unless a popular new Kraken-tribal or sea-creature commander pushes inclusion rates significantly higher.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.