Very Cryptic Command

Unstable · #49f · rare · EN

$0.87 · Foil €3.10

cheapest of 13 store offers · see all

market $2.00 · Foil $4.88

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

Type: Instant

Commonly played as: Removal, Draw, Board Wipe

Choose two —
• Scry 3.
• Create a 2/2 black Rogue creature token with menace.
• Add or subtract 1 or one from a number or number word on target spell or permanent until end of turn.
• Return all artifacts target player controls to their owner's hand.

Artist: Zoltan Boros

Released: 2017-12-08

Finishes: Nonfoil, Foil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $2.00
  • Cardmarket foil (converted): $4.88
  • Cardmarket: €1.97
  • Cardmarket foil: €4.39
  • MTGO tix: 0
$7.13$1.34
231 days of daily prices for Very Cryptic Command: $1.40 to $2.00
2026-01-252026-11-12
regular foil · 231 days tracked · $1.40 → $2.00 (+43%) · low $1.34 · high $7.13
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
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$0.87today
ManaPoolNM · todayNMregular$0.96today
Face To Face GamesNM · todayNMregularCA$1.99today
CardTraderMP · 2 days agoMPregular€1.502 days ago
CardTraderNM · 2 days agoNMregular€1.702 days ago
CardTraderSP · 2 days agoSPregular€1.842 days ago
CardTraderMP · foil · 2 days agoMPfoil€3.102 days ago
CardmarketNM · foil · todayNMfoil€4.39today
ManaPoolSP · foil · todaySPfoil$4.88today
CardTraderSP · foil · 2 days agoSPfoil€6.122 days ago
CardTraderNM · foil · 2 days agoNMfoil€7.532 days ago

Truncated: 2 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 13 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 2 lists
  • 2 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