Each one has a strong questing value that forces opponents to challenge or risk falling behind, and then once challenged and/or banished, their effects activate drawing you cards, forcing opponents to discard or return a character to their hand, and more
Once a Modern all-star, Cryptic Command is a bit inefficient for what it does by todays standards
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If this thing was a named legendary creature - even if it was a new version of that weird little rat Loot - it might feel like a mythic rare, purely on the basis that "cute little guys" is an established archetype for extremely rare and powerful creatures
For example, players have an easier time farming for the Zodiac weapons today, compared to what it was like in Patch 2.0