Lonis, Cryptozoologist
Lonis, Cryptozoologist: Legendary Creature - Snake Elf Scout, Murders at Karlov Manor Commander. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {G}{U}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Snake Elf Scout
- Colour identity
- Blue and green (UG)
- Power / toughness
- 1/2
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC)
- Released
- 2024-02-09
- Collector number
- 215
- Artist
- Andrew Mar
- Commander rank
- 5,082 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Investigate
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Lonis, Cryptozoologist
Lonis, Cryptozoologist is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue and green legendary creature from Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC), a Commander product released in February 2024. It is collector number 215 in that set, with art by Andrew Mar. It costs {G}{U} (one blue and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 1/2 creature. Its colour identity is blue and green. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 5 sets, from The List (2020) to Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (2024). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.30 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Whenever another nontoken creature you control enters, investigate.
{T}, Sacrifice X Clues: Target opponent reveals the top X cards of their library. You may put a nonland permanent card with mana value X or less from among them onto the battlefield under your control. That player puts the rest on the bottom of their library in a random order.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.30 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Lonis, Cryptozoologist by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Lonis, Cryptozoologist
Lonis, Cryptozoologist has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #MH2-204 | Rare | 2021 |
| Jumpstart: Historic Horizons (J21) #703 | Rare | 2021 |
| Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) #204 | Rare | 2021 |
| Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) #370 | Rare | 2021 |
| Modern Horizons 2 Promos (PMH2) #204s | Rare | 2021 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Lonis, Cryptozoologist, newest first.
- You can't sacrifice a Clue to activate its own ability and also to activate the ability of Lonis, Cryptozoologist.
- The token is named Clue Token and has the artifact subtype Clue. Clue isn't a creature type.
- The tokens are normal artifacts. For example, one can be sacrificed to activate the ability of Breya's Apprentice and one can be the target of Break Ties.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a blue and green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Lonis, Cryptozoologist is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.