---
name: "Forbidden Crypt"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "MIR"
set_name: "Mirage"
collector_number: "124"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "D. Alexander Gregory"
oracle_id: "8b34b211-985b-4934-bb3b-8e6672685ac2"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/forbidden-crypt-mir"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Forbidden Crypt
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
If you would draw a card, return a card from your graveyard to your hand instead. If you can't, you lose the game.
If a card would be put into your graveyard from anywhere, exile that card instead.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Cremate](/printing/cremate-rtr.md) — Instant
2. [Secrets of the Dead](/printing/secrets-of-the-dead-c19.md) — Enchantment
3. [Purgatory](/printing/purgatory-mir.md) — Enchantment
4. [Breathstealer's Crypt](/printing/breathstealers-crypt-vis.md) — Enchantment
5. [Shattered Crypt](/printing/shattered-crypt-wth.md) — Sorcery
6. [Headstone](/printing/headstone-hml.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mirage (MIR) #124
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** D. Alexander Gregory
- **Total Printings:** 16 across all historical editions

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