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Tormod's Cryptkeeper

Artifact Creature — Golem

Vigilance
{T}, Sacrifice this creature: Exile target player's graveyard.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{3}
Color identity
C
Rarity
common
Set
Modern Horizons 2
Price
$0.21
EDHREC rank
#15962
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Tormod's Cryptkeeper card art
Tormod's Cryptkeeper enters the battlefield and immediately exiles a graveyard, then sits there as a repeatable sacrifice outlet that does it again — all on a 2/2 body for two mana. It's not a top-tier graveyard hoser, but commanders like Syr Konrad, the Grim turn every activation into a damage trigger, making the Cryptkeeper pull double duty as both hate piece and win condition fuel.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Tormod's Cryptkeeper earns its slot specifically in decks that profit from sacrificing creatures or exiling graveyards repeatedly — it's incidental hate that also advances your game plan, which is the best kind. In Legacy and Vintage, graveyard decks are fast and brutal enough that a two-mana creature that exiles once on entry rarely keeps up with dedicated one-mana options like Leyline of the Void or Rest in Peace. Pauper is where the Cryptkeeper finds a more competitive footing, since the card pool for graveyard hate at common is thinner and a reusable body carries more relative weight.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.21 bulk tier

At $0.21, Tormod's Cryptkeeper is deep bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or from a common box without a second thought. Don't expect that to change; the effect is solid but not scarce enough to push the price upward.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.