Cryptic Command price & price history

What Cryptic Command costs today, what it cost before, and how commander players actually run it. Prices update daily.

Cryptic Command price today

$3.31

€3.50

30 days -10.1%

as of 2026-11-10

All-time high
$4.99
All-time low
$2.02
1-year average
$3.51
Data since
2025-07-24

Cryptic Command has traded between $2.02 and $4.99, averaging $3.51 over the past year. It appears in 10,532 of the commander decks we track.

Card details

Card text

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

Type
Instant
Mana cost
{1}{U}{U}{U}
Rarity
rare
Latest printing
Star Trek Commander
First printed
2007-10-12
Commander legality
Legal

Cryptic Command in the deckdiver.app commander deck database

Decks running it
10,532

of 970,456 commander decks, 1.1%.

Median deck price
$403

most of those decks cost $132 to $1,684.

Median power level
5.7

runs 4.4 to 7.6 across those decks.

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Real decks that run Cryptic Command

Pulled from the decks we index, with the stats we track for every one of them. The picks rotate weekly.

Budget build
$115
price
5.7
power
4.1
salt
Bracket 3 (Upgraded)
{U}midrange
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Typical build
$433
price
6.2
power
3.9
salt
Bracket 3 (Upgraded)
{U}midrange
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High-end build
$1,501
price
5.7
power
6.2
salt
Bracket 2 (Core)
{U}{B}midrange
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