Crypt Lurker
Creature — Horror
When this creature enters, you may sacrifice a creature or discard a creature card. If you do, draw a card.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Core Set 2021
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #23350
Crypt Lurker enters the battlefield as a 4/3 and draws you a card — the cost is exiling a creature or planeswalker from your graveyard, which is a feature in decks that want the yard empty or trigger on exile. It's a role-player, not a staple, but in the right shell it replaces itself on the spot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Crypt Lurker earns its slot in graveyard-matters decks that either want to exile their own cards for value or need incidental card draw stapled to a body. Pauper is where it has the most real competition — three mana for a 4/3 that draws one is passable at common, but the graveyard exile cost has to align with your game plan or it's just a vanilla beater with extra steps. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it doesn't have a meaningful competitive home; the effect isn't efficient enough for those formats' power floors. Vintage and Oathbreaker follow the same logic as Commander — fine in a synergy shell, invisible everywhere else.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Crypt Lurker is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a commons box, not a binder. That price won't move; it's a narrow synergy piece with no crossover demand to push it higher.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.