First printed in Shadows over Innistrad (2016)
All 7 prints
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Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2293, 2025
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Innistrad Remastered (INR) #189, 2025
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Innistrad Remastered (INR) #316, 2025
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Innistrad Remastered (INR) #408, 2025
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Shadows over Innistrad Remastered (SIR) #192, 2023 (digital)
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Shadows over Innistrad Promos (PSOI) #200s, 2016
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Shadows over Innistrad (SOI) #200, 2016
Cryptolith Rite 
Enchantment
Creatures you control have "
: Add one mana of any color."
In the last 30 days 15.9% of Commander decks played it (976 of 6150). Most played in Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy.
In Limited on MTG Arena
Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).
| Set | GIH WR | vs set | IWD | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadows over Innistrad Remastered (SIR), Premier Draft | 39.4% | -14.8 | -7.5 | 568 |
- GIH WR
- win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
- vs set
- points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
- IWD
- improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
- Games
- games in which the card was seen
Staple
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Commander staples:
main deck, 13% of decks (#168)
Green, Enchantments, Ramp
Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.
Combos
1258 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite colored mana…: Cryptolith Rite + Emiel the Blessed (+ 2 other requirements)
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite colored mana…: Concordant Crossroads + Cryptolith Rite + The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite colored mana…: Cryptolith Rite + Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu + The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl
- Infinite colored mana, Infinite combat phases…: Aggravated Assault + Cryptolith Rite
- Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers…: Cryptolith Rite + Skullclamp + The Locust God
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite colored mana…: Cryptolith Rite + The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl + Thousand-Year Elixir
- Infinite colored mana: Cryptolith Rite + Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy + Pili-Pala
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite colored mana…: Akroma's Memorial + Cryptolith Rite + The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl
- Infinite colored mana: Badgermole Cub + Cryptolith Rite + Pili-Pala
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite tapped creature tokens: Cryptolith Rite + Patrol Signaler + Thousand-Year Elixir
Legality
Constructed
- Standard Not legal
- Pioneer Legal
- Modern Legal
- Legacy Legal
- Vintage Legal
- Pauper Not legal
- Future Standard Not legal
- Historic Legal
- Timeless Legal
- Alchemy Not legal
- Penny Dreadful Legal
- Premodern Not legal
- Old School 93/94 Not legal
Singleton
- Gladiator Legal
Commander formats
- Commander Legal
- Duel Commander Legal
- Pauper Commander Not legal
- PreDH Not legal
- Tiny Leaders Legal
- Oathbreaker Legal
- Brawl Legal
- Standard Brawl Not legal
- Competitive Brawl Legal
