Cryptic Caves

Land

{T}: Add {C}.

{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this: Draw a card. Activate this ability only if you control five or more lands.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Alchemy	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
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Pre-release	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Standard	Legal
Standard Brawl	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (45)

carpecanum on Muldrotha: Budget Elemental Tribe!

4 years ago

Kaya's Ghostform can't enchant Lotus Petal. Maybe you are thinking of another card Venoctus?

Bretagard Stronghold, Cryptic Caves, Encroaching Wastes, Blast Zone there are a ton of lands you can sac for value (and not that expensive of most).

Snake Basket is a lot of chump blockers but not thematic. Any of the Goad enchantments.

Niko9 on What am I missing?

4 years ago

If you need more card draw and if you feel like the mana base is good enough for filtering, you could maybe add some draw into the land slot. Things like War Room or Roadside Reliquary or even Cryptic Caves and the horizon lands (I don't remember if there is a rakdos one or not), but those could maybe help a little. And you could always go into Necropotence where you are almost guaranteed to hit your win con : )

CommanderNeyo on Gitrog Combo

4 years ago

I love the The Gitrog Monster, and he was the first commander that I built and owned.

Some recommendations I have for you are:

If you are wholly committed to the combo, Squandered Resources will become one of the best cards in your deck. It lets you generate significant amounts of mana and card draw to find Skirge Familiar and Dakmor Salvage.

Although not as good, I also enjoyed having Zuran Orb in my commander deck to draw boat-loads of cards.

Splendid Reclamation is great, allowing you to grab several of the lands that inevitably land in the graveyard. I would consider it necessary if you run Squandered Resources.

Underrealm Lich can let you dig deep into your deck when The Gitrog Monster is out.

I would recommend running a lot more fetchlands as well, since they work to help you draw cards. Anything that can grab a forest or swamp, so that you can grab Bayou or Overgrown Tomb

Nurturing Peatland was almost made for the frog, since it draws two cards when he is out. I also personally like Cryptic Caves.

If you add these lands, then I would also recommend adding Crucible of Worlds and Ramunap Excavator, since they will help you replay them to draw more cards.

theanimetrix on Battle of Wits Attacks for Lethal (Budget Version)

4 years ago

Also just added Cryptic Caves to draw Rude Awakening to the hand from the library after Mystic Sanctuary is played. Forgot that it goes to top of library and not into the hand. Though Nexus of Fate could also just be played a 2nd time to basically draw it if needed.

Saccox on Fly with Pezzent Air-lines! (10/12 Euro/$)

4 years ago

Balaam__ it's a strong card but i want draw cards with the creatures,put it in the maybeboard.

YodaVoda Sephara, Sky's Blade it's over budget. Lofty Denial i don't want counters in this deck. Judge's Familiar and Thunderclap Wyvern are interesting,put in the maybeboard.

Exogino for me,it's more strong Cryptic Caves. the ability cost only 2 mana,in the same turn i can draw and play a spell. I could put 2 Skybridge Towers instead of 2 Tranquil Cove

thanks all for the help ^^

Exogino on Fly with Pezzent Air-lines! (10/12 Euro/$)

4 years ago

Skybridge Towers instead of Cryptic Caves?

Cheiromancer on Economic cycle-mill Pezzent! (10/12 Euro/$)

4 years ago

Also, I would recommend Quicksand in place of Cryptic Caves. I think it is more likely you'll want want to give -1/-2 to an attacking non-flier than to use its draw a card ability. After four lands I tend to scry away other lands in favor of enchantments or cards I can cycle.

Bag of Holding is worth looking at. It might be better than Simic Signet. Especially since it lets you cycle your cards more than once. Mazemind Tome or Mnemonic Sphere are possibilities, but I think Bag of Holding is better.

Cheiromancer on Heroes come back!!! No money

4 years ago

I think this deck runs better with more land. I added +1 Forest, +1 Plains and +4 Cryptic Caves and it runs more smoothly.