Cryptolith Fragment // Aurora of Emrakul
~$0.31 low · ~$2.31 high
Colorless. Artifact // Creature — Eldrazi Reflection
Innistrad Remastered #260 · Illustrated by John Avon
Innistrad Remastered #260 · Illustrated by John AvonWhat is Cryptolith Fragment // Aurora of Emrakul worth?
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Oracle text
Cryptolith Fragment
Artifact
This artifact enters tapped.
: Add one mana of any color. Each player loses 1 life.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if each player has 10 or less life, transform this artifact.
Aurora of Emrakul
Creature — Eldrazi Reflection
Flying, deathtouch
Whenever this creature attacks, each opponent loses 3 life.
1/4
"I felt compelled to take the twisted stone, and I abandoned my horse's burden to accommodate its weight. Now, its continued glow illuminates my home and warms my mind." —Garner Kroft, Moorland farmer
Format legality
All 3 printings of Cryptolith Fragment // Aurora of Emrakul
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Innistrad Remastered inr #260· 2025uncommon· Cardmarket €0.14 · €0.32 foil | uncommon | $0.34 | $0.39 | €0.14€0.32 foil | |
 Innistrad Remastered inr #472· 2025Retro Frameuncommon· Cardmarket €0.31 · €0.69 foil | uncommon | $0.35 | $0.52 | €0.31€0.69 foil | |
 Eldritch Moon emn #193· 2016uncommon· Cardmarket €0.30 · €1.19 foil | uncommon | $0.31 | $2.31 | €0.30€1.19 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2016
- Printings
- 3
- Mana value
- 3
- EDHREC rank
- #4,932 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Deathtouch, Flying, Transform
- Artist
- John Avon
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Innistrad Remastered card (#260).
0260 · INR · U · EN
- 0260Collector number: this card's place in the set list.
- INRSet code for Innistrad Remastered
- UUncommon
- ENPrinted in English
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Card breakdown
The parts of Cryptolith Fragment // Aurora of Emrakul (2 faces), read from the Innistrad Remastered printing. How to read any Magic card.
Cryptolith Fragment
- Mana cost
- What you pay to cast this face.
- Type line
- Artifact is the card type.
- Text box
- What the card does.
Aurora of Emrakul
- Type line
- Creature is the card type. Eldrazi and Reflection are subtypes, after the dash.
- Text box
- What the card does.
- Flavor text
- Italic story text below the rules. It has no effect on the game, and it can differ between printings.
- Power / toughness
- 1/4: power is the combat damage it deals; toughness is how much damage destroys it.
This printing
- Illustration
- By John Avon. The art has no effect on the game.
- Set symbol
- Innistrad Remastered. Silver means uncommon.
- Collector number
- 0260 = collector number: this card's place in the set list.
- Rarity letter
- U = uncommon
- Set code
- INR = set code for Innistrad Remastered
- Language
- EN = printed in English
- Artist
- John Avon, after the paintbrush.
- Copyright
- Wizards of the Coast's copyright notice, with the year.
Keywords
- TransformCR 701.27
- Turn a double-faced permanent over to its other face.
- FlyingCR 702.9
- It can be blocked only by creatures with flying or reach.
- DeathtouchCR 702.2
- Any damage it deals to a creature destroys that creature.
Rule numbers from the Magic Comprehensive Rules, version of September 25, 2026.
Rulings (5)
2025-01-24
In a Two-Headed Giant game, Cryptolith Fragment’s last ability checks whether each team’s life total is 10 or less.
2025-01-24
In a Two-Headed Giant game, Cryptolith Fragment’s mana ability causes each player to lose 1 life, so each team loses 2 life.
2025-01-24
Cryptolith Fragment’s second ability is a mana ability. Players can’t respond to it or to the loss of life it causes.
2025-01-24
In a Two-Headed Giant game, Aurora of Emrakul’s last ability causes each opponent to lose 3 life, so the opposing team loses a total of 6 life.
2025-01-24
If any player has 11 or more life as your upkeep begins, Cryptolith Fragment’s last ability doesn’t trigger. If any player has 11 or more life as the ability resolves, the ability has no effect.
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