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Crypt Lurker

Creature — Horror3 generic manaBlack mana

The 3/4 body is the tell here: this is a black common built to trade attrition for card advantage without ever asking you to build around it. The enter trigger folds two of black's oldest engines into one optional line, letting you either sacrifice a creature (turning a dying blocker or a spent token into a fresh card) or pitch a dead creature card from hand (turning a stranded threat into a live draw). Neither mode is mandatory, which is the quiet discipline of the design: with no valid fodder or nothing worth cashing in, you simply get a durable four-mana blocker and lose nothing. That makes it a floor-raiser rather than a payoff, the kind of unglamorous engine piece that fits any deck already generating creatures it doesn't mind spending. The 3/4 frame matters because it survives most early combat and blocks up the ground while the card it drew keeps the gas flowing, so the trade rarely leaves you worse off on the board than you were before. It is the recurring shape black gets to reprint at common: a body that outlasts small removal stapled to a graveyard-adjacent value trigger that rewards playing creatures you were happy to lose anyway.

Crypt Lurker (m21)
M21 · #93common
Pricing
Normal: $0.09
Foil: $0.32
Oracle Text

Rules text

When this creature enters, you may sacrifice a creature or discard a creature card. If you do, draw a card.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Legal
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
N/A
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