---
name: "Breathstealer's Crypt"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["B", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "VIS"
set_name: "Visions"
collector_number: "127"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Blackie del Rio"
oracle_id: "c9a9550c-e6bb-4fe3-930f-6266024dbead"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/breathstealers-crypt-vis"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Breathstealer's Crypt
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
If a player would draw a card, instead they draw a card and reveal it. If it's a creature card, that player discards it unless they pay 3 life.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Zur's Weirding](/printing/zurs-weirding-8ed.md) — Enchantment
2. [Dark Confidant](/printing/dark-confidant-mm2.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
3. [Forbidden Crypt](/printing/forbidden-crypt-6ed.md) — Enchantment
4. [Dark Tutelage](/printing/dark-tutelage-m11.md) — Enchantment
5. [Sindbad](/printing/sindbad-tsb.md) — Creature — Human
6. [Phyrexian Arena](/printing/phyrexian-arena-fdn.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Visions (VIS) #127
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Blackie del Rio
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`