Very Cryptic Command

Unstable · #49d · rare · EN

$1.29 · Foil €7.12

cheapest of 17 store offers · see all

market $2.25 · Foil $10.60

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

Type: Instant

Commonly played as: Removal, Draw, Land Removal

Choose two —
• Return target permanent to its controller's hand.
• Draw two cards, then discard a card.
• Change the target of target spell with a single target.
• Turn over target nontoken creature.

Artist: Zoltan Boros

Released: 2017-12-08

Finishes: Nonfoil, Foil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $2.25
  • TCGplayer foil: $10.60
  • Cardmarket: €1.58
  • Cardmarket foil: €10.43
  • MTGO tix: 0
$13.94$1.54
231 days of daily prices for Very Cryptic Command: $1.62 to $2.25
2026-01-252026-11-12
regular foil · 231 days tracked · $1.62 → $2.25 (+39%) · low $1.54 · high $13.94
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Store prices

The 3 cheapest per condition and finish, in stock at the last check. Offers not re-confirmed within 60 days are not shown. Prices in different currencies are compared at the current exchange rate.

StoreConditionFinishPriceChecked
Card KingdomNM · 3 days agoNMregular$1.293 days ago
CardTraderHP · 2 days agoHPregular€1.342 days ago
CardmarketNM · todayNMregular€1.58today
ManaPoolMP · todayMPregular$1.80today
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$1.92today
ManaPoolNM · todayNMregular$2.26today
CardTraderMP · 2 days agoMPregular€2.072 days ago
CardTraderSP · 2 days agoSPregular€2.082 days ago
CardTraderSP · foil · 2 days agoSPfoil€7.122 days ago
CardTraderHP · foil · 2 days agoHPfoil€8.132 days ago
ManaPoolMP · foil · todayMPfoil$10.60today
ManaPoolSP · foil · todaySPfoil$11.55today
CardmarketNM · foil · todayNMfoil€10.43today
CardTraderNM · foil · 2 days agoNMfoil€10.962 days ago
Bazaar of MagicNM · foil · yesterdayNMfoil€25.00yesterday

Truncated: 2 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 17 in total.

Format legality

  • standard: not legal
  • pioneer: not legal
  • modern: not legal
  • legacy: not legal
  • vintage: not legal
  • commander: not legal
  • pauper: not legal
  • brawl: not legal

In Gestic collections

  • Held in 4 lists
  • 4 copies tracked

All printings of Very Cryptic Command

USD · low $1.66 · high $2.45

Set#RarityUSD
Unstable#49a · rare49arare$1.66
Unstable#49b · rare49brare$1.97
Unstable#49c · rare49crare$2.45
Unstable#49d · rare49drare$2.25
Unstable#49e · rare49erare$2.01
Unstable#49f · rare49frare$2.00