---
name: "Crypt Ripper"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Shade"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Haste"]
set: "ZEN"
set_name: "Zendikar"
collector_number: "85"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Dave Kendall"
oracle_id: "18bcf4c5-7abc-4ca5-b805-4bbebf4e433c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/crypt-ripper-zen"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Crypt Ripper
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Shade
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Haste

## Oracle Text
Haste
{B}: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

> *La flebile luce dei viventi accelera le pulsazioni dei morti.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Veiled Shade](/printing/veiled-shade-grn.md) — Creature — Shade
2. [Frozen Shade](/printing/frozen-shade-30a.md) — Creature — Shade
3. [Dread Shade](/printing/dread-shade-dom.md) — Creature — Shade
4. [Hoar Shade](/printing/hoar-shade-ice.md) — Creature — Shade
5. [Looming Shade](/printing/looming-shade-7ed.md) — Creature — Shade
6. [Rakdos Shred-Freak](/printing/rakdos-shred-freak-rtr.md) — Creature — Human Berserker

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Zendikar (ZEN) #85
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Dave Kendall
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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