Cryptek

Cryptek

Artifact Creature — Necron Wizard

Mana cost: {3}{B}

How we read this card

Choose another target artifact creature you control.
When that creature dies this turn, return it to the battlefield tapped under your control.

triggered — brings a card back

Causes: put a creature onto the battlefield, a creature leaves a graveyard.

Cares about: a creature dies, a card in a graveyard.

Works well with

a nontoken Wizard enters the battlefield — 1,243 cards in the game can cause this (Cryptek is one).

  1. Inalla, Archmage Ritualist — When Cryptek enters, Inalla, Archmage Ritualist makes a token

an artifact attacks — 1,243 cards in the game can cause this (Cryptek is one).

When Cryptek attacks:

  1. Alibou, Ancient Witness — deals X damage
  2. Bio-Asset Allocator — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  3. Assaultron Dominator — puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Aloy, Savior of Meridian — triggers

an artifact deals combat damage — 1,243 cards in the game can cause this (Cryptek is one).

When Cryptek deals combat damage:

  1. Locutus of Borg — makes a token
  2. Sharding Sphinx — makes a token
  3. Antagonist Incorporator — makes a token
  4. Research Thief — draws you 1 card
  5. Thopter Spy Network — draws you 1 card
  6. Hive Mind Coprocessor — makes you lose life
  7. Pia Nalaar, Chief Mechanic — puts a counter on a permanent you control
  8. Automated Assembly Line — triggers

2 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken artifact deals combat damage — 1,243 cards in the game can cause this (Cryptek is one).

  1. Virulent Silencer — When Cryptek deals combat damage, Virulent Silencer puts 2 counters on a permanent

a Wizard creature enters the battlefield — 1,264 cards in the game can cause this (Cryptek is one).

  1. Diviner's Wand — When Cryptek enters, Diviner's Wand triggers

a creature leaves a graveyard — 1,302 cards in the game can cause this (Cryptek is one).

When Cryptek leaves a graveyard:

  1. Grim Reaper's Scythe — makes a token
  2. Syr Konrad, the Grim — deals 1 damage
  3. Cyan, Vengeful Samurai — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Along the Crooked Way — puts a counter on a Goblin or Army
  5. Skeleton Crew — makes a token
  6. Desecrated Tomb — makes a token
  7. Chalk Outline — makes a token
  8. Insidious Roots — makes a token
  9. Undead Hand Ninja — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  10. Erebos's Titan — triggers

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything leaves a graveyard — 2,503 cards in the game can cause this (Cryptek is one).

When Cryptek leaves a graveyard:

  1. Blastoneuron — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab — makes a token
  3. Teval, the Balanced Scale — makes a token
  4. Hologram Stalker — makes a token
  5. Tormod, the Desecrator — makes a token
  6. Quintorius, Field Historian — makes a token
  7. Garrison Excavator — makes a token
  8. Amzu, Swarm's Hunger — makes a token
  9. Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch — becomes prepared
  10. Teval's Judgment — triggers

13 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact is cast — 3,683 cards in the game can cause this (Cryptek is one).

When Cryptek is cast:

  1. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — copies a spell
  2. Sai, Master Thopterist — makes a token
  3. Ravenous Robots — makes a token
  4. Pinnacle Emissary — makes a token
  5. Mirrodin Besieged — makes a token
  6. Poetic Ingenuity — makes a token
  7. Digsite Engineer — makes a token
  8. Myrsmith — makes a token
  9. Riddlesmith — draws you 1 card
  10. Dr. Madison Li — puts a counter on a permanent you control

271 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact it grants types to — 4,531 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Silverskin Armor — Silverskin Armor gives Cryptek an extra creature type

4,530 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature is cast — 18,010 cards in the game can cause this (Cryptek is one).

  1. Primeval Bounty — When Cryptek is cast, Primeval Bounty makes a token

90 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Cryptek is one).

  1. Pollywog Prodigy — When Cryptek enters, Pollywog Prodigy puts a counter on itself
  2. Lightshell Duo — When Lightshell Duo enters thanks to Cryptek, it surveils
  3. Lotus-Eye Mystics — When Lotus-Eye Mystics enters thanks to Cryptek, it brings a card back
  4. Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak — When Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak enters thanks to Cryptek, it brings a card back
  5. Meticulous Artisan — When Meticulous Artisan enters thanks to Cryptek, it makes a token
  6. Crimson Operative — When Crimson Operative enters thanks to Cryptek, it exiles a card from your library
  7. Riptide Gearhulk — When Riptide Gearhulk enters thanks to Cryptek, it triggers
  8. Ecstatic Electromancer — When Ecstatic Electromancer enters thanks to Cryptek, it draws and discards
  9. Bedlam Reveler — When Bedlam Reveler enters thanks to Cryptek, it draws and discards

350 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Cryptek is one).

  1. Thor, God of Thunder — When Thor, God of Thunder enters thanks to Cryptek, it brings a card back
  2. Variable Chaser // Arc of Fortune — When Variable Chaser // Arc of Fortune enters thanks to Cryptek, it becomes prepared
  3. Pompous Battlemage // Improvised Act — When Pompous Battlemage // Improvised Act enters thanks to Cryptek, it becomes prepared
  4. Pyre Rhymer // Molten Tide — When Pyre Rhymer // Molten Tide enters thanks to Cryptek, it becomes prepared
  5. Ty Lee, Chi Blocker — When Ty Lee, Chi Blocker enters thanks to Cryptek, it taps a creature

63 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.