---
name: "Cryptic Coat"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact — Equipment"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Cloak"]
set: "MKM"
set_name: "Murders at Karlov Manor"
collector_number: "50"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Julia Metzger"
oracle_id: "73b8adea-1786-44fc-b190-bf240b07f5b6"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cryptic-coat-mkm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Cryptic Coat
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact — Equipment
- **Keywords:** Cloak

## Oracle Text
When this Equipment enters, cloak the top card of your library, then attach this Equipment to it. (To cloak a card, put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature with ward {2}. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)
Equipped creature gets +1/+0 and can't be blocked.
{1}{U}: Return this Equipment to its owner's hand.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Whispersilk Cloak](/printing/whispersilk-cloak-c16.md) — Artifact — Equipment
2. [Neurok Stealthsuit](/printing/neurok-stealthsuit-5dn.md) — Artifact — Equipment
3. [Silver Shroud Costume](/printing/silver-shroud-costume-sld.md) — Artifact — Equipment
4. [Concealed Weapon](/printing/concealed-weapon-mkm.md) — Artifact — Equipment
5. [Spectral Cloak](/printing/spectral-cloak-leg.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Cursed Windbreaker](/printing/cursed-windbreaker-dsk.md) — Artifact — Equipment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) #50
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Julia Metzger
- **Total Printings:** 15 across all historical editions

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