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This variance of speed speaks of the variety of the format as it has a lot of ways to let you play

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And your opponent has one card in hand: a Cryptic Command

You don't get to cast them later in the turn

If this had been printed in another set, it would still be a fantastic card draw spell, but the fact that it came at the same time as Mystic Sanctuary means that I view this card as extremely important to the format, and think that it should essentially replace planeswalkers as the end-game in any true control decks in the format, unless those decks specifically look to avoid putting cards in their opponents graveyard (like if they lean on white removal and Rest in Peace), in which case they probably want to use Fact or Fiction or planeswalkers instead

Searching a searcher, how about that