---
name: "Cryptoplasm"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Shapeshifter"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "MBS"
set_name: "Mirrodin Besieged"
collector_number: "23"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Eric Deschamps"
oracle_id: "e7bef318-2720-45bc-b663-aafd724bc511"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cryptoplasm-mbs"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Cryptoplasm
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Shapeshifter
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2

## Oracle Text
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may have this creature become a copy of another target creature, except it has this ability.

> *„Falls er zu lange die Gestalt des Feindes annimmt, kann er an sie verloren werden." —Vy Covalt, Neurok-Agent*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Gigantoplasm](/printing/gigantoplasm-c15.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
2. [Unstable Shapeshifter](/printing/unstable-shapeshifter-tmp.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
3. [Shapesharer](/printing/shapesharer-lrw.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
4. [Clever Impersonator](/printing/clever-impersonator-sld.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
5. [Vesuvan Doppelganger](/printing/vesuvan-doppelganger-30a.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
6. [Vesuvan Shapeshifter](/printing/vesuvan-shapeshifter-tsr.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mirrodin Besieged (MBS) #23
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Eric Deschamps
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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