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Cryptic Command FCA 0029 · rare

Cryptic Command · {1}{U}{U}{U} · Instant · Choose two — • Counter target spell. • Return target permanent to its owner's hand. • Tap all creatures your opponents control. • Draw a card.

Cryptic Command · {1}{U}{U}{U} · Instant · Choose two — • Counter target spell. • Return target permanent to its owner's hand. • Tap all creatures your opponents control. • Draw a card.

Price
from $4.591 printing
Win rate
64.0% GIH 2,260 instances · Premier Draft
Jun 10–Jul 14, 2025 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 1,447 wins in 2,260 card-in-hand instances.

2,259 distinct games · 801 distinct drafts · games recorded Jun 10–Jul 14, 2025.

17Lands file dated Jul 18, 2025 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

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Bombs
Choose the two modes that solve the current turn, often a counter plus a card or tapping blockers plus a card. Three blue symbols make this a demanding splash. If the only chosen target becomes illegal, the spell does not resolve even when its other mode would draw or tap creatures.

Draft data

64.0%when drawn (GIH)

+8.3 pp vs 55.7% average · 2,260 instances

Premier Draft · Jun 10–Jul 14, 2025 · average from 769,659 games

#9 of 330 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 2.9 on average (2,407 packs).

2 of 49 blue cards · 1 of 12 blue rare cards.

Taken at pick3.11,017 picks
Makes the deck81.3%1,017 picks with known usage
When played58.7%4,744 matchesBenched 53.5%
758 matches
When drawn64.0%2,260 instances

Pick and maindeck observations: Jun 10–Jul 14, 2025. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.

○ Opening hand 59.4% · 850 instances
● Drawn later 66.8% · 1,410 instances

In hand 64.0% · 2,260 instances
Unseen in deck 55.1% · 2,610 instances
+8.9 percentage points when drawn

Compared with blue cards

Win rate when drawn64.0%2,260 instances2 of 49
Opening hand59.4%850 instances3 of 48
Drawn later66.8%1,410 instances1 of 49
In the deck59.4%4,952 instances1 of 49
Without seeing it55.1%2,610 instances9 of 49
Improvement when drawn+8.9 pp2,260 instances / 2,610 instances3 of 49
When benched53.5%758 matches49 of 49
Makes the deck81.3%1,017 picks with known usage15 of 49
Pick (last seen)2.92,407 packs9 of 49
Taken at3.11,017 picks8 of 49

Ranks require 100 observations for that metric; comparisons are descriptive, not a pick order. Pick ranks put earlier picks first.

Best decks for it

no-splash decks only · card-level in-hand rates · 100 minimum

Big Noncreatures UR66.8%623 instancesControl UB66.8% ◌355 instancesArtifacts WU57.5% ◌325 instancesTown Ramp UG70.8%96 instances · under 100

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (64.0% · 2,260 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Usually played with

Deck co-occurrence; not evidence of synergy.

Ice Magic2,798 games with both in the deckCombat Tutorial2,768 games with both in the deckDragoon's Wyvern2,741 games with both in the deck
How to read this

Observational, not a causal bonus. Both cards must be in the deck. Drawn means opening hand or normally drawn; each card counts once per game. Game-level approximate intervals do not account for repeated games by the same drafter.

At least 100 games in each of four drawn/not-drawn groups; adjusted for game length and screened by the lower confidence bound. Do not add these points to a card’s win rate.

Where it sits in the set

Above 98% of 330 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.

30% or lowerWin rate94% or higher

17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Jun 10–Jul 14, 2025

Collect

1 printingScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

FCA 0029 · Through the Ages · BorderlessListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilCollector Booster · Play Booster$4.59
FoilCollector Booster$17.83

Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 249 packs (0.40%) · 4.7% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 249 packs (0.40%) · 4.7% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 323 packs (0.31%) · 8.9% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

How to pull it

Official rates for the whole category, not this card.

BoosterSlotPer packCategory
Play BoosterCommon or Through the Ages1 in 3Through the Ages
Collector BoosterThrough the Ages50%Nonfoil Through the Ages
Collector BoosterThrough the Ages50%Traditional foil Through the Ages

Wizards · Collecting FINAL FANTASY ↗ · Oct 29, 2026

Details & sources

Legal in
Historic · Timeless · Modern · Legacy · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
Illustration
Kazuya Takahashi, FCA 29 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
Through the Ages · Borderless printings →
Sources
Wizards · Collecting FINAL FANTASY · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗