Crystalline Entity

Crystalline Entity

Artifact Creature — Elemental

Not yet released — 13 Nov 2026

Mana cost: {8}

How we read this card

Flying
When this creature enters, if you cast it, destroy all nonartifact creatures.

triggered —

Causes: a creature dies.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Crystalline Entity is one).

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Shaun, Father of Synths leaves the battlefield thanks to Crystalline Entity, it exiles a Synth you control
  2. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Crystalline Entity, it exiles a Nightmare

hits creature — 2,298 cards in the game can cause this (Crystalline Entity is one).

  1. Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Jalira, Master Polymorphist can put Crystalline Entity onto the battlefield from your library
  2. Kethek, Crucible Goliath — Kethek, Crucible Goliath can put Crystalline Entity onto the battlefield from your library
  3. Polymorph — Polymorph can put Crystalline Entity onto the battlefield from your library
  4. Birthing Ritual — Birthing Ritual can put Crystalline Entity onto the battlefield from your library
  5. Industrial Advancement — Industrial Advancement can put Crystalline Entity onto the battlefield from your library
  6. Killer Instinct — Killer Instinct can put Crystalline Entity onto the battlefield from your library
  7. Arthur, Marigold Knight — Arthur, Marigold Knight can put Crystalline Entity onto the battlefield from your library
  8. Proteus Staff — Proteus Staff can put Crystalline Entity onto the battlefield from your library
  9. Synthetic Destiny — Synthetic Destiny can put Crystalline Entity onto the battlefield from your library
  10. Divergent Transformations — Divergent Transformations can put Crystalline Entity onto the battlefield from your library

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

an Elemental enters the battlefield — 754 cards in the game can cause this (Crystalline Entity is one).

When Crystalline Entity enters:

  1. Champion of the Path — deals its power damage
  2. Risen Reef — puts a land onto the battlefield

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

When Crystalline Entity 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 (Crystalline Entity is one).

When Crystalline Entity 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 (Crystalline Entity is one).

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

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Crystalline Entity is one).

Crystalline Entity puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Havengul Lich — can bring back
  2. Liliana the Repentant — can bring back
  3. Paleoloth — can bring back
  4. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring back
  5. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring back
  6. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring back
  7. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring back
  8. Necromantic Thirst — can bring back
  9. Krile Baldesion — can bring back
  10. Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — can bring back

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

a nontoken creature dies — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Crystalline Entity is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Crystalline Entity:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Vraska, the Silencer — brings a card back
  3. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back
  4. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  5. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  6. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  7. Valkyrie's Call — brings a card back
  8. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  9. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  10. Overseer of the Damned — makes a token

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

a creature dies — 2,830 cards in the game can cause this (Crystalline Entity is one).

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When a creature dies thanks to Crystalline Entity, Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When a creature dies thanks to Crystalline Entity, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — When a creature dies thanks to Crystalline Entity, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Shriveling Rot — When a creature dies thanks to Crystalline Entity, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  5. Boss's Chauffeur — When Boss's Chauffeur dies thanks to Crystalline Entity, it makes a token
  6. Clavileño, First of the Blessed — When Clavileño, First of the Blessed dies thanks to Crystalline Entity, it draws you 1 card
  7. Quirion Beastcaller — When Quirion Beastcaller dies thanks to Crystalline Entity, it puts +1/+1 counters on itself
  8. Dinosaur Egg — When Dinosaur Egg dies thanks to Crystalline Entity, it triggers

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

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (Crystalline Entity is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Crystalline Entity, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 5,057 cards in the game can cause this (Crystalline Entity is one).

  1. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to Crystalline Entity, it exiles itself

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

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

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Crystalline Entity fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs

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

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Crystalline Entity is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Crystalline Entity attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

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

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Crystalline Entity is one).

  1. Grim Javelineer — When Crystalline Entity attacks, Grim Javelineer gives +1/+0

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