---
name: "Cryptbreaker"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Creature — Zombie"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "DRC"
set_name: "Aetherdrift Commander"
collector_number: "41"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Slawomir Maniak"
oracle_id: "16f75a65-d067-4f79-81b9-833c373cf4d2"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cryptbreaker-drc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Cryptbreaker
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Creature — Zombie
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1

## Oracle Text
{1}{B}, {T}, Discard a card: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
Tap three untapped Zombies you control: You draw a card and you lose 1 life.

> *Der Chitin-Hof lauert und wartet nur darauf, Amonkhet von den Lebenden zurückzufordern.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Necromancer's Stockpile](/printing/necromancers-stockpile-m15.md) — Enchantment
2. [Zombie Infestation](/printing/zombie-infestation-plst.md) — Enchantment
3. [Rank Officer](/printing/rank-officer-mh1.md) — Creature — Zombie Soldier
4. [Dying to Serve](/printing/dying-to-serve-pvow.md) — Enchantment
5. [Skirk Ridge Exhumer](/printing/skirk-ridge-exhumer-fut.md) — Creature — Zombie Spellshaper
6. [Bone Miser](/printing/bone-miser-plst.md) — Creature — Zombie Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Aetherdrift Commander (DRC) #41
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Slawomir Maniak
- **Total Printings:** 20 across all historical editions

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