---
name: "Crowded Crypt"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "MIC"
set_name: "Midnight Hunt Commander"
collector_number: "17"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jarel Threat"
oracle_id: "25712827-626a-484d-bc52-f3bd6087857f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/crowded-crypt-mic"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Crowded Crypt
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
{T}: Add {B}.
Whenever a creature you control dies, put a corpse counter on this artifact.
{4}{B}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token with decayed for each corpse counter on this artifact. (A creature with decayed can't block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ghoulish Procession](/printing/ghoulish-procession-mid.md) — Enchantment
2. [Open the Graves](/printing/open-the-graves-scd.md) — Enchantment
3. [Cryptbreaker](/printing/cryptbreaker-ha1.md) — Creature — Zombie
4. [Diregraf Horde](/printing/diregraf-horde-mid.md) — Creature — Zombie
5. [Tainted Adversary](/printing/tainted-adversary-pmid.md) — Creature — Zombie
6. [Corpseweft](/printing/corpseweft-dtk.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Midnight Hunt Commander (MIC) #17
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jarel Threat
- **Total Printings:** 23 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`