Cryptic Cruiser

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Cryptic Cruiser: Creature - Eldrazi Processor, Battle for Zendikar. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{U}
Mana value
4
Type
Creature - Eldrazi Processor
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Power / toughness
3/3
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Battle for Zendikar (BFZ)
Released
2015-10-02
Collector number
56
Artist
Svetlin Velinov
Commander rank
27,082 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Devoid

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About Cryptic Cruiser

Cryptic Cruiser is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon colourless creature from Battle for Zendikar (BFZ), an expansion set released in October 2015. It is collector number 56 in that set, with art by Svetlin Velinov. It costs {3}{U} (three generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 3/3 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Battle for Zendikar is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.18 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Devoid (This card has no color.)

{2}{U}, Put a card an opponent owns from exile into that player's graveyard: Tap target creature.

"The seas are no less imperiled than the dry lands. This fight is mine as much as it is yours." -Kiora, to Gideon Jura

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.18 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Cryptic Cruiser by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Cryptic Cruiser, newest first.

  • If a replacement effect will cause cards that would be put into a graveyard from anywhere to be exiled instead (such as the one created by Anafenza, the Foremost), you can still put an exiled card into its opponent’s graveyard. The card becomes a new object and remains in exile. In this situation, you can’t use a single exiled card if required to put more than one exiled card into the graveyard. Conversely, you could use the same card in this situation if two separate spells or abilities each required you to put a single exiled card into its owner’s graveyard.
  • Devoid works in all zones, not just on the battlefield.
  • Other cards and abilities can give a card with devoid color. If that happens, it’s just the new color, not that color and colorless.
  • You can’t look at face-down cards in exile unless an effect allows you to.
  • Face-down cards in exile are grouped using two criteria: what caused them to be exiled face down and when they were exiled face down. If you want to put a face-down card in exile into its owner’s graveyard, you must first choose one of these groups and then choose a card from within that group at random. For example, say an artifact causes your opponent to exile their hand of three cards face down. Then on a later turn, that artifact causes your opponent to exile another two cards face down. If you use Wasteland Strangler to put one of those cards into their graveyard, you would pick the first or second pile and put a card chosen at random from that pile into the graveyard.
  • If a card loses devoid, it will still be colorless. This is because effects that change an object’s color (like the one created by devoid) are considered before the object loses devoid.
  • If a spell or ability requires that you put more than one exiled card into the graveyard, you may choose cards owned by different opponents. Each card chosen will be put into its owner’s graveyard.
  • Cards with devoid use frames that are variations of the transparent frame traditionally used for Eldrazi. The top part of the card features some color over a background based on the texture of the hedrons that once imprisoned the Eldrazi. This coloration is intended to aid deckbuilding and game play.

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