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Crypt Ghast
Price$12.08 – $28.78
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Crypt Ghast

{3}{B}

Creature — Spirit

LegalRank #523

Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay {W/B}. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)

Whenever you tap a Swamp for mana, add an additional {B}.

2/2

KeywordsExtort

Why is this card good?

Crypt Ghast is one of mono-black's best ramp pieces, effectively doubling your Swamp mana — not just basics, but anything with the Swamp type (Urborg, Watery Grave, etc.). At four mana, it can quickly snowball you into double-spell turns or oversized X-spell finishers like Exsanguinate, Torment of Hailfire, or Profane Command. It's a staple in mono-black and heavy-black decks built around big mana payoffs — think K'rrik, Yawgmoth, or any Swamp-centric ramp shell. The extort rider is genuinely relevant too, draining the whole table while you gain life, which adds up fast in spell-dense lists. Two big caveats: it's a creature, so it dies to every board wipe and removal spell, making it fragile ramp in a format full of sweepers. And it only doubles Swamp mana — in three-, four-, or five-color decks running few actual Swamps, it does almost nothing. Run it where your lands are mostly Swamps and your payoffs scale with mana.

Related cards

Nirkana RevenantB

Doubles Swamp mana like Crypt Ghast and grows itself.

Cabal CoffersB

Scales black mana off Swamps for explosive ramp.

Cabal StrongholdB

Mass Swamp-based mana ramp similar effect.

Caged SunC

Doubles mana from your chosen color and pumps creatures.

Gauntlet of PowerC

Doubles black mana production like Crypt Ghast's swamp effect.

Extraplanar LensC

Doubles mana from Swamps you tap.

Magus of the CoffersB

Creature version of Cabal Coffers for big black mana.

Liliana of the Dark RealmsB

Fetches Swamps and adds bulk black mana to ramp.

Printings (8)

sldSecret Lair Drop · #169R$28.78Buy
dscDuskmourn: House of Horror Commander · #368M$14.41Buy
rvrRavnica Remastered · #423R$16.89Buy
rvrRavnica Remastered · #322R$14.56Buy
rvrRavnica Remastered · #322zR$398.08Buy
rvrRavnica Remastered · #70R$18.84Buy
c14Commander 2014 · #139R$12.08Buy
gtcGatecrash · #61R$15.43Buy

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Rulings (4)

  • 2024-01-12

    You may pay {W/B} a maximum of one time for each extort triggered ability. You decide whether to pay when the ability resolves.

  • 2024-01-12

    The amount of life you gain from extort is based on the total amount of life lost, not necessarily the number of opponents you have. For example, if your opponent's life total can't change (perhaps because that player controls Platinum Emperion), you won't gain any life.

  • 2024-01-12

    The extort ability doesn't target any player.

  • 2024-01-12

    The extort ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. The ability resolves even if that spell is countered.

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