Cryptic Cruiser
Creature — Eldrazi Processor
Devoid (This card has no color.)
, Put a card an opponent owns from exile into that player's graveyard: Tap target creature.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Battle for Zendikar
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #26124
Cryptic Cruiser taps an opponent's creature for each card you've drawn beyond the first each turn — repeatable pseudo-removal that scales with draw-heavy strategies. The five-mana cost is real, but in the right shell it locks down a threat every single turn.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Cryptic Cruiser is a Commander card through and through — the tap effect is too slow and too conditional for Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer, where games end before you grind out the value. In those formats, five mana buys you something that wins the game, not something that delays an opponent's attacker. Commander is where the card lives: multiplayer games go long, draw engines are everywhere, and locking down a blocker or a mana dork turn after turn adds up across a 40-life table.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Cryptic Cruiser is pure bulk — you're paying shipping, not the card. That price is a floor with essentially no downside risk, though niche Commander utility rarely pushes bulk creatures above a dollar without a breakout tournament moment.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.