Once a Modern all-star, Cryptic Command is a bit inefficient for what it does by todays standards
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
The card helps with that by bringing a team of Heroes onto the board, too
Illustrated by: Douzen Not Legal Traditional Standard Not Legal Traditional Alchemy Not Legal Traditional Explorer Not Legal Traditional Historic Not Legal Traditional Timeless Rulings 2013-10-17 Bane of Progress's ability destroys all artifacts and enchantments, including those you control
in 1.0, he is last seen being rocketed into the moon Dalamud, assumed dead
For example, players have an easier time farming for the Zodiac weapons today, compared to what it was like in Patch 2.0