Cryptic Trilobite

Cryptic Trilobite card image

Cryptic Trilobite: Creature - Trilobite, Commander 2020. This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{X}{X}
Mana value
0
Type
Creature - Trilobite
Colour identity
Colourless
Power / toughness
0/0
Rarity
Rare
Set
Commander 2020 (C20)
Released
2020-04-17
Collector number
21
Artist
Leesha Hannigan
Commander rank
6,862 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Cryptic Trilobite

Cryptic Trilobite is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare colourless creature from Commander 2020 (C20), a Commander product released in April 2020. It is collector number 21 in that set, with art by Leesha Hannigan. It costs {X}{X} (two times X mana) to cast, for a mana value of 0. It is a 0/0 creature. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Commander 2020 is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.14 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.

Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Add {C}{C}. Spend this mana only to activate abilities.

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

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.14 (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 Trilobite by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Cryptic Trilobite, newest first.

  • You can spend the two colorless mana produced by Cryptic Trilobite on two different activated abilities.
  • A mana cost of {X}{X} means that you pay twice X. If you want X to be 3, you pay {6} to cast Cryptic Trilobite.
  • Activated abilities contain a colon, such as Cryptic Trilobite’s activated mana ability and its last activated ability. They’re generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keyword abilities are activated abilities (such as cycling) and will have colons in their reminder text.

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In these precons

Cryptic Trilobite is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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