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◇ Catalog #31447

Cryptic Command

DIGITAL ONLY

prm·#31447·rare·full_art

Illus. Wayne England

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Nov '10

16 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #1,652 · Common include

Variants

Full Art$0.53

Gameplay

Instant

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

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2017-11-17wotc

You choose both modes as you cast Cryptic Command. You must choose two different modes.

2017-11-17wotc

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.

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PRM — the lineup includes Full Art alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #31447 of *Magic Online Promos*, the promotional run that shipped alongside the November 2010 Magic Online release.

Card type: Instant, color identity blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {1}{U}{U}{U} (4 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #1,652 in Commander, putting it in the common-include tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Wayne England. Rarix catalogs 375 other cards credited to this artist.