Crypt Creeper
Creature — Zombie
Sacrifice this creature: Exile target card from a graveyard.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Odyssey
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #24706
Crypt Creeper enters the battlefield and immediately exiles a card from a graveyard — relevant disruption stapled to a 2/1 body for two mana. Narrow enough that most decks pass, but in dedicated graveyard-hate shells it earns its slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Crypt Creeper is a fringe inclusion — graveyard decks are everywhere, but one-shot exile on a 2/1 rarely keeps up with three opponents filling their yards simultaneously. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern have access to more efficient hate like Rest in Peace and Leyline of the Void, so Crypt Creeper doesn't compete there. Pauper is its most honest home, where the common card pool limits options and a body that replaces itself with disruption at common rarity has real standing.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Crypt Creeper is deep bulk — pick it out of a commons box and never think about the price again. That cost floor is permanent; there's no pressure scenario that moves a narrow two-mana 2/1 off the penny rare shelf.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.