---
name: "Crystal Carapace"
mana_cost: "{3}{G}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Enchant", "Cycling"]
set: "MOM"
set_name: "March of the Machine"
collector_number: "183"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Sam Burley"
oracle_id: "06a6130f-f27b-4db0-915d-decd9a7d3c15"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/crystal-carapace-mom"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Crystal Carapace
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{G}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant, Cycling

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +3/+3 and has ward {2}.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

> *"Por que você não morre logo, fera de carne desgraçada?"
— Lukka*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Improvised Armor](/printing/improvised-armor-ons.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Carapace](/printing/carapace-hml.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Hardened-Scale Armor](/printing/hardened-scale-armor-pz2.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Cardboard Carapace](/printing/cardboard-carapace-ugl.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Sigil of the Nayan Gods](/printing/sigil-of-the-nayan-gods-arb.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Sheltering Boughs](/printing/sheltering-boughs-vow.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** March of the Machine (MOM) #183
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Sam Burley
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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