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Magic · Unstable · #49 · Rare

Very Cryptic Command (C)

Magic card price for Very Cryptic Command (C): $2.43 market, from $1.64 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Normal · Oct 18, 2026
$2.43
+0.8% this week · +0.8% in 30 days
Buy on eBay →
1 day+0.8%
7 days+0.8%
30 days+0.8%
90 days−4.7%
1 year+11.5%
All time+42.9%

Sellers right now

$1.64lowest listing$10.86highest
Market price$2.43
Mid listing$2.41
Direct$2.40
30-day avg$2.41

Market price is what a near-mint copy actually sold for. The cheapest listing is what a seller asks today — on thin markets the two differ a lot.

Where to buy

TCGplayer$2.43
Cardmarket$2.25 €2.00

EUR converted at 1.1253 (ECB reference rate). Shipping and condition not included.

One year

$2.1452-week low$2.5752-week high
In the range67%
All-time low$1.67
All-time high$2.57
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$1.96$2.17$2.39$2.61
$2.43
Jul 20Aug 19Sep 18Oct 18
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Very Cryptic Command (C) entered our records in February 2024 at $1.70 and stands at $2.43 today, up 42.9% over that time. Over the past twelve months it moved +11.5%, trading between $2.14 and $2.57. The current price is in the middle of that range. The highest price we have recorded is $2.57, 5.8% above today. Listings currently start at $1.64; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $2.41.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Normal$2.43$1.64$10.86+0.8%

The card in play

Type line
Instant
Rules text

Choose two —

• Draw a card from an opponent's library.

• Copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

• Until end of turn, target creature loses all abilities and becomes a blue Frog with base power and toughness 1/1.

• Create a 1/1 colorless Gnome artifact creature token.

Other printings of Very Cryptic Command

5 more · $1.72 – $10.60
All printings
Very Cryptic Command (D) (49), Unstable — Magic card price −15.1% 7d Very Cryptic Command (D) Unstable · #49 $10.60 Very Cryptic Command (E) (49), Unstable — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Very Cryptic Command (E) Unstable · #49 $7.37 Very Cryptic Command (A) (49), Unstable — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Very Cryptic Command (A) Unstable · #49 $4.87 Very Cryptic Command (B) (49), Unstable — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Very Cryptic Command (B) Unstable · #49 $1.95 Very Cryptic Command (F) (49), Unstable — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Very Cryptic Command (F) Unstable · #49 $1.72

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