---
name: "Shattered Crypt"
mana_cost: "{X}{B}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "WTH"
set_name: "Weatherlight"
collector_number: "80"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Gary Leach"
oracle_id: "77bef290-7229-420a-a5c6-8c1b6fea63df"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/shattered-crypt-wth"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Shattered Crypt
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{B}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Return X target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand. You lose X life.

> *"You must be mad to want one such as I aboard the *Weatherlight*. But I would be mad to remain here with my rotting family. I accept."
—Crovax*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Pull from the Grave](/printing/pull-from-the-grave-sos.md) — Sorcery
2. [March of the Returned](/printing/march-of-the-returned-ths.md) — Sorcery
3. [Morbid Plunder](/printing/morbid-plunder-td2.md) — Sorcery
4. [Death Denied](/printing/death-denied-mm2.md) — Instant — Arcane
5. [Dutiful Return](/printing/dutiful-return-bfz.md) — Sorcery
6. [Soul Salvage](/printing/soul-salvage-dom.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Weatherlight (WTH) #80
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Gary Leach
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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