Cryptolith Fragment // Aurora of Emrakul
Innistrad Remastered 260 • uncommon
- Set
- Innistrad Remastered
- Collector number
- 260
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- John Avon
- Market price
- $0.36
What it does
This artifact enters tapped.
tap: Add one mana of any color. Each player loses 1 life.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if each player has 10 or less life, transform this artifact.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Cryptolith Fragment // Aurora of Emrakul was featured in the 2025 set Innistrad Remastered, a compilation set designed to curate the most iconic elements from Magic: The Gathering's Gothic horror plane. The double-faced design serves as a narrative bridge between the mundane cultist artifacts found on Innistrad and the cosmic, reality-warping influence of the Eldrazi titan Emrakul. Mechanically and thematically, it captures the moment of 'eldritch transformation' where localized religious relics are revealed to be harbingers of a much larger, darker cosmic threat.
The card’s artwork reflects the distinct visual language of the Innistrad block, emphasizing themes of corruption and celestial dread. By blending the architectural rigidity of the Cryptolith with the fluid, crystalline distortion associated with Emrakul's presence, the illustrators aimed to evoke the creeping unease that defines the plane's later storylines. It was released to provide players with a functional reprint that anchors the set’s focus on the transformation mechanics central to the Eldrazi-themed chapters of the game's history.
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