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Cryptic Command

Legal

Type line

Instant

Oracle text

Choose two — • Counter target spell. • Return target permanent to its owner's hand. • Tap all creatures your opponents control. • Draw a card.

Rulings

You choose both modes as you cast Cryptic Command. You must choose two different modes.2017-11-17
Look at both chosen modes to determine how many targets Cryptic Command has, if any. If it has at least one target, and all its targets are illegal when it tries to resolve, then it won’t resolve and none of its effects will happen. For example, if you choose the second and fourth modes, and the permanent is an illegal target when Cryptic Command tries to resolve, you won’t draw a card.2017-11-17

Market price

$7.50

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Commanders that play this card

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Vnwxt, Verbose Host

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Use over time

1 public deck with Cryptic Command saved in the last 12 weeks, by the week each was last saved. Approximate: a deck counts in the week it was saved, not every week it held the card.

Jul 27This week

Often played with

Across the 4 public decks that play Cryptic Command. That's a thin sample — treat these as observations, not staples.

4 of 4 (100%)