---
name: "Cryptolith Fragment // Aurora of Emrakul"
mana_cost: "N/A"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact // Creature — Eldrazi Reflection"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Deathtouch", "Flying", "Transform"]
set: "INR"
set_name: "Innistrad Remastered"
collector_number: "260"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "John Avon"
oracle_id: "60c8a1d4-8d0a-4906-bcaf-d3a09d57c452"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cryptolith-fragment-aurora-of-emrakul-inr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Cryptolith Fragment // Aurora of Emrakul
- **Mana Cost:** `N/A` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact // Creature — Eldrazi Reflection
- **Keywords:** Deathtouch, Flying, Transform

## Oracle Text
(No Oracle text)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
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## Printing Details
- **Set:** Innistrad Remastered (INR) #260
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** John Avon
- **Total Printings:** 4 across all historical editions

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2025-01-24)* In a Two-Headed Giant game, Cryptolith Fragment’s last ability checks whether each team’s life total is 10 or less.
- *(2025-01-24)* In a Two-Headed Giant game, Cryptolith Fragment’s mana ability causes each player to lose 1 life, so each team loses 2 life.
- *(2025-01-24)* Cryptolith Fragment’s second ability is a mana ability. Players can’t respond to it or to the loss of life it causes.
- *(2025-01-24)* In a Two-Headed Giant game, Aurora of Emrakul’s last ability causes each opponent to lose 3 life, so the opposing team loses a total of 6 life.
- *(2025-01-24)* If any player has 11 or more life as your upkeep begins, Cryptolith Fragment’s last ability doesn’t trigger. If any player has 11 or more life as the ability resolves, the ability has no effect.