Cryptic Pursuit

Cryptic Pursuit

Enchantment

Mana cost: {2}{U}{R}

How we read this card

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell from your hand, manifest the top card of your library.

triggered —

Whenever a face-down creature you control dies, exile it if it's an instant or sorcery card. You may cast that card until the end of your next turn.

triggered —

triggered —

Causes: put anything onto the battlefield, mill a card, exile a creature, a creature leaves a graveyard, cast a creature.

Cares about: an instant is cast, a sorcery is cast, a creature dies.

Works well with

a nontoken creature is exiled — 995 cards in the game can cause this (Cryptic Pursuit is one).

  1. The War Games — When a creature is exiled thanks to Cryptic Pursuit, The War Games exiles a Warrior

a creature is exiled — 1,003 cards in the game can cause this (Cryptic Pursuit is one).

When a creature is exiled thanks to Cryptic Pursuit:

  1. Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
  2. Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Kaya, Spirits' Justice — copies a permanent
  4. Soulherder — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Kaya's Ghostform — blinks a permanent

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

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

When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to Cryptic Pursuit:

  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. Rot Farm Mortipede — gets +1/+0

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

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Cryptic Pursuit is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When a creature is exiled thanks to Cryptic Pursuit, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself
  2. God-Eternal Oketra — When God-Eternal Oketra is exiled thanks to Cryptic Pursuit, it triggers

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

When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to Cryptic Pursuit:

  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 enchantment is cast — 3,673 cards in the game can cause this (Cryptic Pursuit is one).

When Cryptic Pursuit is cast:

  1. Hallowed Haunting — makes a token
  2. Daxos the Returned — puts a counter on a permanent
  3. Tatsunari, Toad Rider — makes a token
  4. Sythis, Harvest's Hand — gains you 1 life
  5. Sigil of the Empty Throne — makes a token
  6. Dawnhart Geist — gains you 2 life
  7. Herald of the Pantheon — gains you 1 life
  8. Kami of Transience — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  9. Argothian Enchantress — draws you 1 card
  10. Mesa Enchantress — draws you 1 card

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

a nontoken enchantment enters the battlefield — 3,691 cards in the game can cause this (Cryptic Pursuit is one).

  1. Historian's Boon — When Cryptic Pursuit enters, Historian's Boon makes a token

cast a sorcery — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Glamdring — When an instant is cast thanks to Glamdring, Cryptic Pursuit triggers
  2. Mission Briefing — When Mission Briefing is cast, Cryptic Pursuit triggers
  3. Reenact the Crime — When Reenact the Crime is cast, Cryptic Pursuit triggers
  4. Wildfire Eternal — When an instant is cast thanks to Wildfire Eternal, Cryptic Pursuit triggers
  5. Omnispell Adept — When an instant is cast thanks to Omnispell Adept, Cryptic Pursuit triggers
  6. Surtland Elementalist — When an instant is cast thanks to Surtland Elementalist, Cryptic Pursuit triggers
  7. Zaffai and the Tempests — When an instant is cast thanks to Zaffai and the Tempests, Cryptic Pursuit triggers
  8. Oracle of Bones — When an instant is cast thanks to Oracle of Bones, Cryptic Pursuit triggers
  9. Fast // Furious — When Fast // Furious is cast, Cryptic Pursuit triggers
  10. Tibalt's Trickery — When Tibalt's Trickery is cast, Cryptic Pursuit triggers

3,710 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an enchantment enters the battlefield — 3,743 cards in the game can cause this (Cryptic Pursuit is one).

When Cryptic Pursuit enters:

  1. Calix, Guided by Fate — puts a counter on a creature
  2. Elvish Archivist — draws you 1 card
  3. Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal — surveils
  4. Strength from the Fallen — gives +X/+X, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard
  5. Doomwake Giant — shrinks a creature by -1/-1
  6. Cacophony Unleashed — turns something into a creature
  7. Ghostly Dancers — makes a token
  8. Thassa's Devourer — mills a card
  9. Killian, Decisive Mentor — taps a creature
  10. Thoughtrender Lamia — makes an opponent discard a card

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

cast an instant — 3,931 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Vivi's Persistence — When Vivi's Persistence is cast, Cryptic Pursuit triggers
  2. First Day of Class — When First Day of Class is cast, Cryptic Pursuit triggers
  3. Wyll's Reversal — When Wyll's Reversal is cast, Cryptic Pursuit triggers
  4. Return the Favor — When Return the Favor is cast, Cryptic Pursuit triggers
  5. Arcbond — When Arcbond is cast, Cryptic Pursuit triggers
  6. Theoretical Duplication — When Theoretical Duplication is cast, Cryptic Pursuit triggers
  7. Commando Raid — When Commando Raid is cast, Cryptic Pursuit triggers
  8. Blind Fury — When Blind Fury is cast, Cryptic Pursuit triggers
  9. Pyre Rhymer // Molten Tide — When Pyre Rhymer // Molten Tide is cast, Cryptic Pursuit triggers
  10. Picklock Prankster // Free the Fae — When Picklock Prankster // Free the Fae is cast, Cryptic Pursuit triggers

3,921 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Cryptic Pursuit is one).

  1. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — Cryptic Pursuit puts cards into the graveyard that Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring back
  2. Samwise Gamgee — Cryptic Pursuit puts cards into the graveyard that Samwise Gamgee can bring back
  3. Bloodbond March — Cryptic Pursuit puts cards into the graveyard that Bloodbond March can bring back
  4. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — Cryptic Pursuit puts cards into the graveyard that Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring back
  5. Harness the Storm — Cryptic Pursuit puts cards into the graveyard that Harness the Storm can bring back
  6. Transplant Theorist — Cryptic Pursuit puts cards into the graveyard that Transplant Theorist can bring back
  7. Heart-Shaped Herb — Cryptic Pursuit puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
  8. Wayward Angel — Cryptic Pursuit fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Wayward Angel needs
  9. Rescue from the Underworld — Cryptic Pursuit puts cards into the graveyard that Rescue from the Underworld can bring back
  10. Sidequest: Card Collection // Magicked Card — Cryptic Pursuit fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more cards Sidequest: Card Collection // Magicked Card needs

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

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

  1. Communal Brewing — When a creature is cast thanks to Cryptic Pursuit, Communal Brewing arrives with counters

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