---
name: "Crystalline Entity"
mana_cost: "{8}"
cmc: 8
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Elemental"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "TRK"
set_name: "Star Trek"
collector_number: "478"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "David Álvarez"
oracle_id: "ca6f43d8-1498-4a13-b1cc-2d135b24a8b6"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/crystalline-entity-trk"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Crystalline Entity
- **Mana Cost:** `{8}` (CMC: 8)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Elemental
- **Power/Toughness:** 7/7
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
When this creature enters, if you cast it, destroy all nonartifact creatures.

> *"Ironic, isn't it? That something so unique could care so little for the diversity of life."
—Captain Jean-Luc Picard*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Angelic Rocket](/printing/angelic-rocket-ust.md) — Host Artifact Creature — Angel
2. [Storm, Shaker of Skies](/printing/storm-shaker-of-skies-msc.md) — Legendary Creature — Mutant Hero
3. [Predator, Flagship](/printing/predator-flagship-nem.md) — Legendary Artifact
4. [Geistcatcher's Rig](/printing/geistcatchers-rig-inr.md) — Artifact Creature — Construct
5. [Crystal, Inhuman Princess](/printing/crystal-inhuman-princess-msc.md) — Legendary Creature — Inhuman Noble Hero
6. [Celestial Kirin](/printing/celestial-kirin-sok.md) — Legendary Creature — Kirin Spirit

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Star Trek (TRK) #478
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** David Álvarez
- **Total Printings:** 2 across all historical editions

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