Cryptolith Fragment // Aurora of Emrakul
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Innistrad RemasteredINR · #472
- Card type
- Artifact
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.28 € · ★ 0.69 € · 0.35 $ · ★ 0.49 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- Colourless
Card text
This artifact enters tapped. : 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.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- John Avon
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2025-01-24
Aurora of Emrakul
Creature — Eldrazi Reflection
Flying, deathtouch Whenever this creature attacks, each opponent loses 3 life.
- Power
- 1
- Toughness
- 4
Rulings
Cryptolith Fragment’s second ability is a mana ability. Players can’t respond to it or to the loss of life it causes.
If any player has 11 or more life as your upkeep begins, Cryptolith Fragment’s last ability doesn’t trigger. If any player has 11 or more life as the ability resolves, the ability has no effect.
In a Two-Headed Giant game, Aurora of Emrakul’s last ability causes each opponent to lose 3 life, so the opposing team loses a total of 6 life.
In a Two-Headed Giant game, Cryptolith Fragment’s last ability checks whether each team’s life total is 10 or less.
In a Two-Headed Giant game, Cryptolith Fragment’s mana ability causes each player to lose 1 life, so each team loses 2 life.
