This is more of a tempo play than a ramp card but the overall utility and flexibility it brings make it well worth including
When people think about control counterspells in Modern, the first one that comes to mind must be Cryptic Command
This week, It That Betrays and Blightsteel Colossus each gained at least $5-$6 as people continue to gobble up the most interesting colorless Commander staples
(And as Aaron described in his column two weeks ago, Legendary Rules Changes, R&D also realized it was a perfect time to revamp the legend mechanic.) Once legends, or should I say legendary creatures, became part of the block's theme, all the designers started thinking about how to add some new wrinkles to the age old mechanic
Because this card is so cool, players definitely deserve easier access to it, and its also iconic enough to appear in the Archive