Crypt Cobra
Creature — Snake
Whenever this creature attacks and isn't blocked, defending player gets a poison counter. (A player with ten or more poison counters loses the game.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Mirage
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #27755
Crypt Cobra puts a poison counter on any creature that blocks it — a persistent, irreversible tax that shapes combat every turn it's on the board. The cost is a four-mana 2/3 with no evasion, which means it needs support to reliably connect.
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 |
Commander is the only format where Crypt Cobra is worth discussing. With three opponents and 40 life totals, infect's ten-counter threshold is still steep, but Crypt Cobra's value isn't closing games alone — it's a deterrent that stacks with other poison sources over a long game. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but irrelevant; faster, more efficient threats dominate both formats before a four-mana 2/3 changes anything. Oathbreaker is legal but shares Commander's logic at a smaller table, which makes the slow poison plan harder to land.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Crypt Cobra is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a box rather than buy. Don't expect price movement; niche poison synergy isn't enough demand to push a four-mana vanilla-adjacent creature out of the bulk bin.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.