The Treasures from Revel in Riches help soothe this downside by giving you extra mana to work with
Mana typically has a color, one of five: White (W), Blue (U), Black (B), Red (R), or Green (G)
A bit too vulnerable to make than many heavy control decks and lacking in any tempo gaining prowess thus rendering him poor in agro decks the Cryptologist winds up in mindrange decks, combo decks utilizing discard effects and the odd tempo deck that requires bodies to tap for Opposition or put equipment on etc
If you are up against aggro, you can foretell and drop it turn 3
Daybound (If a player casts no spells during their own turn, it becomes night next turn.) As long as the sun is up, youll only lose your purse
Urzas Command is a well-designed card that I am excited to play in Standard and in my Urza, Lord High Artificer Commander deck