Cryptic Command

Cryptic Command

Instant

Mana cost: {1}{U}{U}{U}

How we read this card

Counter target spell.

on-cast —

Return target permanent to its owner's hand.

on-cast — bounce

Tap all creatures your opponents control.

on-cast —

Draw a card.

on-cast — draws you 1 card

Causes: you face a dilemma, counter a spell, a permanent leaves the battlefield, tap a creature, draw a card.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a permanent leaves the battlefield — 315 cards in the game can cause this (Cryptic Command is one).

  1. Super Shredder — When a permanent leaves the battlefield thanks to Cryptic Command, Super Shredder puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature becomes tapped — 565 cards in the game can cause this (Cryptic Command is one).

When a creature becomes tapped thanks to Cryptic Command:

  1. Stinging Licid — deals 2 damage
  2. Gideon's Avenger — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Lust for War — deals 3 damage
  4. Insolence — deals 2 damage
  5. Seizures — deals 3 damage
  6. Betrayal — draws you 1 card
  7. Spirit Shackle — puts a counter on a permanent
  8. Palliation Accord — puts a palliation counter on itself
  9. Cryoshatter — kills a creature
  10. Don't Move — kills a creature

11 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

you face a dilemma — 739 cards in the game can cause this (Cryptic Command is one).

When Cryptic Command poses a dilemma:

  1. Seven of Nine — draws you 1 card
  2. Elim Garak, Simple Tailor — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  3. Obsidian Order Operative — makes each opponent lose 1 life

a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (Cryptic Command is one).

When Cryptic Command makes a player draw a card:

  1. Toothy, Imaginary Friend — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — gives +1/+1
  3. Niv-Mizzet, Parun — deals 1 damage
  4. Aether Syphon — mills a card
  5. The Locust God — makes a token
  6. Starving Revenant — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  7. Diviner's Wand — gets +1/+1
  8. Ominous Seas — puts a foreshadow counter on itself
  9. Dream Trawler — gets +1/+0
  10. Iron Man, Armored Avenger — puts a counter on a creature

57 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an instant is cast — 3,931 cards in the game can cause this (Cryptic Command is one).

When Cryptic Command is cast:

  1. Electro, Assaulting Battery — adds 1 mana
  2. Master Pakku — gets +1/+1
  3. Lunar Mystic — draws you 1 card
  4. Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch // Temple of Cyclical Time — grants rebound
  5. Repeated Reverberation — copies an ability
  6. Riku of Two Reflections — copies a spell
  7. Sword of Wealth and Power — copies a spell
  8. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
  9. In the Eye of Chaos — counters a spell
  10. Niblis of Frost — taps a creature an opponent controls

427 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything is cast — 31,128 cards in the game can cause this (Cryptic Command is one).

When Cryptic Command is cast:

  1. Windrider Wizard — draws you 1 card
  2. Relic Amulet — puts a charge counter on itself
  3. Rockslide Sorcerer — deals 1 damage
  4. Umara Wizard // Umara Skyfalls — grants flying
  5. Alania, Divergent Storm — makes an opponent draw 1 card
  6. Umara Mystic — gets +2/+0
  7. Master of Winds — triggers

5 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.