…you have Sinkhole available? Are the bonus modes of Cryptic Command worth its restrictive and high cost? Sometimes a question…
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…There are six cards with alternate rules text, six versions each ( Knight of the Kitchen Sink, Very Cryptic Command, Sly…
…Cryptic Command also becomes much better in slower/fairer formats. With decks like Grixis Delver, Temur/Blue/Grixis Moon, Jund…
…It’s not replacing Cryptic Command any time soon, but that’s hardly a sin. Hands of Binding: I think…
…most lists don’t play Venser, Shaper Savant or Cryptic Command. After sideboard, you even get to blow them out…
…Force of Will Misdirection Snapback Counterspell Telling Time Ovinize Cryptic Command Sage’s Dousing Forbid Negate 1 Enchantment Mind Over…
…as special textless cards (the first is a textless Cryptic Command). The top two finishers in each season win a…
…a net positive to eternal formats if not for Cryptic Command. I’m willing to file that one under “quirky…
…the mode of play and my mood.) Draining Whelk Cryptic Command Arcane Denial Force of Will Pact of Negation Dissipate…
…Other cards that are often ridiculous here are Cryptic Command, Sygg, or Reejerey, all of which can simply make a…
…His deck was full of Cryptic Commands, which could bounce my Ensnaring Bridge at any time. I tried to assemble…
…You can run him against Twin, but unless there's a Cryptic Command deck around, I wouldn't spend time…
…to finish the game or the Snapcaster Mage and Cryptic Command to establish inevitability against a combo deck. The big…
…And Sunblast Angel performs *really* well when combined with Cryptic Command. Against control and combo decks, you never tap out…
…sad/glad to see going. (Where you can all disagree violently with me about Cryptic Command) Thanks for reading… Prof.
…Hinder Intuition Psionic Blast Thirst for Knowledge Careful Consideration Cryptic Command Dismiss Fact or Fiction Gifts Ungiven Rewind Mystical Teachings…
…He actually uses Cryptic Command twice to bounce him, and after the second time he has the removal for all…
…Remanding one’s own spells is a great way to prevent the opponent from drawing a card off Cryptic Command…
…and cast a strong instant from your graveyard like Cryptic Command or Magma Opus. #36. Painter's Servant Painter's…
…Calling with it, and preventing the tap-out via Cryptic Command from Fae can win races. I’ve replaced the…
…For the most part, it would seem you just can’t count on it to produce Blue for Cryptic Command…
…It runs Remand and Cryptic Command to slow the game down and protect itself from disruption. It also runs multiple…
…Enchantment Followed Footsteps Spells Bribery Cackling Counterpart Capsize Counterspell Cryptic Command Demonic Tutor Doom Blade Fact or Fiction Foresee Go…
…Moxes without ways to dump them, and I think Cryptic Command is wonderful but often too slow. I also refuse…
…Tarmogoyf is $15! Cryptic Command is $5! Commander cards like Gauntlet of Power and Quicksilver Amulet are bulk rares again…
…Cryptic Command – What can I say about this that Mike Flores hasn’t already said? “Nice art.” Oh, he said…
…Snapcaster Mage, Dark Confidant, Tarmogoyf, and Cryptic Command are all on the rise as well. Last week, all the “cute…
…Illuna slots into any number of decks as well as providing value from out of the command zone. With other…
…of Faerie decks are playing Venser, Shaper Savant and Cryptic Command, so Vortex is much worse than it was previously…
…Paulo’s sideboard, which fits very neatly since, well, Paulo’s deck (barring lands) is +1 Cryptic Command, -1 Vendilion…
…bounce your spell but make it counterable, and turns Cryptic Command or Repeal into spells that make your win condition…
…x Mana Leak 2 x Spell Snare 3 x Cryptic Command 4 x Lightning Bolt 1 x Electrolyze 4 x…
…Eventually Thirst finds another Island, which transmutes Tolaria West for a third, and then Cryptic Command is up and the…
…a long time ago and I wanted to cast Cryptic Command to tap my opponent’s creatures. They had two…
…over another Siege Rhino to minimize that damage his Cryptic Command would do. I was happy when he countered and…
…Condescend - Consider - Contentious Plan - Coral Net - Counterspell - Court Hussar - Cryptic Serpent - Curfew - Curse of the Bloody Tome - Dampen Thought - Deduce…
…Gaddock Teeg is too, against combo decks and against the two best non-banned blue cards ( Cryptic Command and Cruel…
…If something like Cryptic Command could see Standard play, this probably will too, and the blowouts will be epic. Countering…
…Skred Red decks often contained Stuffy Dolls, Chandra Nalaar, and other expensive threats, making them especially vulnerable to Cryptic Command…
…Sideboarding: +3 Propaganda, +1 Relic of Progenitus, +1 Tormod’s Crypt -3 Vedalken Shackles, -1 Oblivion Stone, -1 Cryptic Command…
…Hard problems for tournament players are like Cryptic Command, Bitterblossom, and Bloodbraid Elf, where they obviously aren’t going to…
…metagame. \* 3 Clique main, almost didn’t run full Cryptic because of mana issues and one drops. Come a long…
…My opponent was clearly representing Cryptic Command by his lines of play, but I chose to ignore my gut and…
…I was using it to steal Flame Javelin (and occasionally Cryptic Command), but I can’t wait to steal and…
…Scapeshift pilots can abuse this by pairing a Scapeshift combo finish with Cryptic Command and Snapcaster Mage control. Scapeshift opponents…
…I think this ends up in more 99s than command zones but that's pure speculation -- I don't know…
…It could feature Ancestral Vision and Cryptic Command à la Corey Burkhart, or he could default to his version with…
…Mutavault, Bitterblossom, Thoughtseize, Cryptic Command, and so on. However, there were a number of cards with significant value that came…
…the best color historically, getting to do Jace and Cryptic Command things while the green mage sits around with a…
…Pact of Negation, as well as some amount of Cryptic Command seems good. Wall of Omens seems like it might…