Crystalline Crawler

Artifact Creature — Construct

Converge — This enters with a +1/+1 counter for each colour of mana spent to cast this.

Remove a +1/+1 counter from this: Add one mana of any colour.

{T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (47)

AkaAkuma on What if I changed Vorosh to Partners?

1 month ago

You got a fair understanding and justification in your ways with Reyhan! Thats great!

Definitely give blade of selves a try, even if it only combo's with Reyhan. -> Or perhaps even stranger choices but personal favorites in Mirror Mockery/Springheart Nantuko enchanted to Reyhan. Worst case you swing a 9/9 Reyhan at someone as early as turn 3, but with something like a Master Biomancer/Crystalline Crawler/Fathom Mage (i can go on and on..) on board that you give the 6 - 18 counters instead this quickly becomes a ridicules board state.

And if you want to stay on synergy and know how to generate 100 counters quickly, you definitely could also appreciate Walking Archive. The golem is all fun and games till everyone suddenly needs to draw their whole library, a method i often win the game with.

Cheers!

AkaAkuma on Math Test

1 month ago

I can always appreciate a Reyhan and Ishai, and even with a primer! Nice.

Since you included a cathars, you should definitely check out Basking Broodscale and Crystalline Crawler.

My personal favorite is The Gitrog, Ravenous Ride with Reyhan lately. It quickly ramps out of control without losing power, even if you eat Reyhan with the frog. And if you can get wild with power, i would also really recommend giving Walking Archive or Giggling Skitterspike a try.

Cheers!

GutterbonesMan on Bristly Bill's Beat Down

5 months ago

Have you considered Crystalline Crawler? I have it in my own‌ Bristly Bill deck that I’m linking below and it’s a key combo piece, let’s you go infinite mana after getting just 11 +1/+1 counters on the crawler

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Bristly Bill - Spine Sower, Spine Reaper

Commander / EDH GutterbonesMan

SCORE: 19 | 10 COMMENTS | 1928 VIEWS | IN 3 FOLDERS

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DemonDragonJ on Should I Keep Steelbane Hydra …

1 year ago

RiotRunner789, you said that you prefer Crystalline Crawler over Mindless Automaton, but, between Crystalline Crawler and Forgotten Ancient, which do you prefer?

DemonDragonJ on Should I Keep Steelbane Hydra …

1 year ago

I have a copy of Steelbane Hydra in my Marath, Will of the Wild *f-etch* EDH deck, but I am contemplating replacing it with either Crystalline Crawler or Mindless Automaton, since I feel that I already have sufficient artifact and enchantment destruction in that deck, whereas the other two creatures are far more universal in their utility.

What does everyone else say, about this subject? Should I replace Steelbane Hydra in my Marath deck, or keep it, there?

legendofa on Can These Cards Form an …

1 year ago

Can you please explain the process you're looking at?

I see something like this:

Setup: Crystalline Crawler and Marath, Will of the Wild each have three +1/+1 counters with Doubling Season in play.

• Remove a counter from Crawler to add a mana, let's say {G}. Crawler has two counters.

• Use that {G} to activate Marath for X=1, choosing to put a +1/+1 counter on itself. Marath has two counters.

• Season doubles the counter, so two +1/+1 counters are put on Marath. Crawler has two counters, Marath has four.

• Remove a counter from Crawler to add {G}. Crawler has one counter.

• Use that {G} to activate Marath for X=1, choosing to put a +1/+1 counter on Crawler. Marath has three counters.

• Season doubles the counter, so two +1/+1 counters are put on Crawler. Crawler has three counters, Marath has three.

So that just puts you back where you started.

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Setup: Crystalline Crawler and Marath, Will of the Wild each have three +1/+1 counters with Doubling Season in play.

• Remove a counter from Crawler to add {G}. Crawler has two counters.

• Use that {G} to activate Marath for X=1, choosing to put a +1/+1 counter on Crawler. Marath has two counters.

• Season doubles the counter, so two +1/+1 counters are put on Crawler. Crawler has four counters, Marath has two.

• Remove two counters from Crawler to add {G}{G}. Crawler has two counters.

• Use one of those {G} to activate Marath for X=1, choosing to put a +1/+1 counter on itself. Marath has one counter.

• Season doubles the counter, so two +1/+1 counters are put on Marath. Crawler has two counters, Marath has three.

• Use the other {G} to activate Marath for X=1, choosing to put a +1/+1 counter on itself. Marath has two counters.

• Season doubles the counter, so two +1/+1 counters are put on Marath. Crawler has two counters, Marath has four.

So that just puts you back where you started, but you moved a counter from Crawler to Marath.

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Setup: Crystalline Crawler and Marath, Will of the Wild each have three +1/+1 counters with Doubling Season in play.

• Remove a counter from Crawler to add {G}{G}. Crawler has one counter.

• Use that mana to activate Marath for X=2, choosing to put a +1/+1 counter on itself. Marath has two counters.

• Season doubles the counters, so four +1/+1 counters are put on Marath. Crawler has one counter, Marath has six. Removing any more counters from Crawler would kill it, so the combo stops.

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Setup: Crystalline Crawler and Marath, Will of the Wild each have three +1/+1 counters with Doubling Season in play.

• Remove a counter from Crawler to add {G}{G}. Crawler has one counter.

• Use that mana to activate Marath for X=2, choosing to put a +1/+1 counter on Crawler. Marath has one counter.

• Season doubles the counters, so four +1/+1 counters are put on Crawler. Crawler has six counters, Marath has one. Removing any more counters from Marath would kill it, so the combo stops.

I'm not going to brute force any more numbers, but I don't see an obvious path to infinite mana. The most positive net effect I see using those three cards is shuffling counters back and forth between the two creatures.

DemonDragonJ on Can These Cards Form an …

1 year ago

If a player controls Doubling Season, Crystalline Crawler, and Marath, Will of the Wild *f-etch*, can they generate infinite mana, or will that not be possible?

AkaAkuma on Reyhan and Ishai's Counterattack

1 year ago

Hello KibaAlpha!

It has been a while, and i hope you're doing well. Reyhan has gotten allot of new tools recently, any to be considered?

Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar can net you up to 3 cards each "uninterrupted" combat steps. Bristly Bill, Spine Sower can go infinite mana with Crystalline Crawler with some setup and Railway Brawler - while not completely within your +1 strategy - can pack a punch.