First printed in Lorwyn (2007)

All 13 prints

Star Trek Commander (TRC) #435, 2026
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #905, 2025
Final Fantasy: Through the Ages (FCA) #29, 2025
The List (PLST) #IMA-48, 2024
The List (PLST) #LRW-56, 2020
Pro Tour Promos (PPRO) #2020-1, 2020
Iconic Masters (IMA) #48, 2017
Amonkhet Invocations (MP2) #11, 2017
Modern Masters 2015 (MM2) #43, 2015
Modern Masters (MMA) #38, 2013
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #31447, 2010 (digital)
Magic Player Rewards 2009 (P09) #1, 2009
Lorwyn (LRW) #56, 2007

Cryptic Command

Instant

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

In the last 30 days 0.1% of Modern decks played it (2 of 2236). Most played in UB (unclassified). In the last 30 days 0.1% of Commander decks played it (6 of 6150). Most played in Vivi Ornitier.

In Limited on MTG Arena

Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).

Win rates of Cryptic Command in Limited
Set	GIH WR	vs set	IWD	Games
Final Fantasy (FIN), Premier Draft	64.1%	+8.3	+8.5	2259

GIH WR: win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
vs set: points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
IWD: improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
Games: games in which the card was seen

Staple

Duel Commander staples: main deck, 11% of decks (#232)
Blue, Instants, Removal, Creature removal, Counterspells, Card draw, Cantrips, Artifact removal, Enchantment removal

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Not legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Legal
Tiny Leaders Not legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Modern Other periods →

In 2 of 2236 decks (0.1%).

Share of decks

0.1%

▲ 0.1 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

2 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.5

in the main deck

Win rate

71%

1 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
UB (unclassified)	1.2%	4%
UBR (unclassified)	1.0%	5%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

Deck	Record
UB GWT in Modern Challenge 16	5-2 71%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
UBR LangeBastian, 7 Oct	1 main	5-0
UB GWT, 3 Oct	2 main	#3 5-2

Commander Other periods →

In 6 of 6150 decks (0.1%).

Share of decks

0.1%

= vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

6 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

10%

0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Vivi Ornitier	2.2%	1%
Marneus Calgar	0.9%	2%
Jacob Hauken, Inspector	0.1%	25%
Eluge, the Shoreless Sea	0.0%	100%
Namor the Sub-Mariner	0.0%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Mana Drain	100%	19.0
Mystic Sanctuary	83%	80.1
Counterspell	83%	42.7
Brainstorm	83%	19.6
Force of Negation	83%	1.7
Otawara, Soaring City	83%	1.4
Arcane Signet	83%	1.3
Rhystic Study	83%	1.3
Sol Ring	83%	0.9
High Tide	67%	178.3

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Vivi Ornitier david castillo in Take the Crown 04	1-4 20%
Namor the Sub-Mariner Bryan Chong in Quantum Nexus' Highlander 10K	0-5 0%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Jacob Hauken, Inspector Shervin Saadati-Khanshir, 18 Oct	1 main	#28 1-3
Vivi Ornitier david castillo, 11 Oct	1 main	#25 1-4
Eluge, the Shoreless Sea William, 4 Oct	1 main	#25 0-3
Jacob Hauken, Inspector Shervin Saadati-Khanshir, 3 Oct	1 main	#34 1-3
Marneus Calgar Jaime Rodríguez, 3 Oct	1 main	#13 0-3
Namor the Sub-Mariner Bryan Chong, 3 Oct	1 main	#74 0-5

Duel Commander Other periods →

In 11 of 80 decks (13.8%).

Share of decks

13.8%

▲ 8.0 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

11 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

–

0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
WUB (unclassified)	11.3%	11%
WUR (unclassified)	10.0%	13%
UBG (unclassified)	6.3%	80%
WUBR (unclassified)	3.8%	67%
UBR (unclassified)	2.5%	50%
WU (unclassified)	2.5%	50%
WUBG (unclassified)	1.3%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Brainsurge	100%	6.7
Lose Focus	100%	4.4
Consult the Star Charts	100%	4.0
Memory Lapse	100%	3.8
Lórien Revealed	100%	3.8
Force of Negation	100%	3.3
Mana Leak	100%	3.1
Counterspell	100%	3.1
Otawara, Soaring City	100%	2.8
Stern Scolding	100%	2.7

Best win rate

No challenge results yet.

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
WUB Damgar, 21 Oct	1 main	5-0
UBG mechint, 21 Oct	1 main	5-0
WUBG Zodiacek, 15 Oct	1 main	5-0
WUBR MoximillionPegasus, 13 Oct	1 main	5-0
UBR zarox, 12 Oct	1 main	5-0
WU kiwy, 11 Oct	1 main	5-0
UBG boshfred, 11 Oct	1 main	5-0
WUBR Pasdejambon, 10 Oct	1 main	5-0

No recent decks in: Legacy, Vintage.