---
name: "Cryptek"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Necron Wizard"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "40K"
set_name: "Warhammer 40,000 Commander"
collector_number: "33"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "David Álvarez"
oracle_id: "27a4b633-5a62-4d8c-8cc6-44959c311de9"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cryptek-40k"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Cryptek
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Necron Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3

## Oracle Text
{1}{B}, {T}: Choose another target artifact creature you control. When that creature dies this turn, return it to the battlefield tapped under your control.

> *C'è chi traccia falsi paragoni fra i tecnomagi dell'Adeptus Mechanicus e gli xenotecnologi della razza Necron. Non può esserci pietà per simili eretici.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Technomancer](/printing/technomancer-40k.md) — Artifact Creature — Necron Wizard
2. [Chaos Shrine's Black Crystal](/printing/chaos-shrines-black-crystal-fic.md) — Legendary Artifact
3. [Shattered Crypt](/printing/shattered-crypt-wth.md) — Sorcery
4. [Young Necromancer](/printing/young-necromancer-j21.md) — Creature — Human Warlock
5. [Doomed Necromancer](/printing/doomed-necromancer-ajmp.md) — Creature — Human Cleric Mercenary
6. [Crypt Creeper](/printing/crypt-creeper-avr.md) — Creature — Zombie

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) #33
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** David Álvarez
- **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`