---
name: "Slithering Cryptid"
mana_cost: "{2}{G/U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Fish Mutant"
colors: ["G", "U"]
color_identity: ["G", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "TMT"
set_name: "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"
collector_number: "168"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Nicholas Gregory"
oracle_id: "f570bac8-9987-4963-af02-476d18abc847"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/slithering-cryptid-tmt"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Slithering Cryptid
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{G/U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Fish Mutant
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/3

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, create a Mutagen token. (It's an artifact with "{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. Activate only as a sorcery.")

> *« Le Glissant ! Il enlève les petits enfants et les enferme dans des cages ! Il n'a pas de jambes, il se contente de glisser. »
-Lita*

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6. [Mutant Chain Reaction](/printing/mutant-chain-reaction-tmt.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMT) #168
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Nicholas Gregory
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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