Cryptoplasm
Mirrodin Besieged 23 • rare
- Set
- Mirrodin Besieged
- Collector number
- 23
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Eric Deschamps
- Market price
- $0.64
What it does
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may have this creature become a copy of another target creature, except it has this ability.
"If left in the enemy's shape too long, it might be lost to them."— Vy Covalt, Neurok agent
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Cryptoplasm was released in 2011 as part of the Magic: The Gathering set Mirrodin Besieged, which revisited the metallic, Phyrexian-corrupted world of Mirrodin. The card was designed to capture the flavor of a shifting, adaptive organism capable of mimicking the physical properties of other entities on the battlefield, a mechanic that aligns with the set's themes of biological assimilation and mutation.
The card’s illustration was created by artist Steve Argyle, who focused on a fluid, amorphous aesthetic to emphasize the creature's unstable biology. It was received by the player community as an intriguing utility card for casual and multiplayer formats, specifically valued for its ability to clone opposing creatures repeatedly, representing a unique take on the traditional blue shapeshifter archetype.
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