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
Both of them share the characteristic of their ears or horns standing out, and both give off a bit of a spooky impression, so I felt it would be a good idea to place them in front of a moonlit night sky.
OFFICIAL CARD GAME - RUSH DUEL LIMITED PACK REMASTERED EDITION (BOX)

Metagame Breakdown 146 ABC (143 ABC, 1 Artifact ABC, 1 Brilliant ABC, 1 Symphonic Warrior ABC) 118 Metalfoes (117 Metalfoes, 1 Speedroid Metalfoes) 84 D/D 69 Blue-Eyes (67 Blue-Eyes, 2 Ritual Blue-Eyes) 23 HERO (22 HERO, 1 Synchro HERO) 21 Darklord (19 Darklord, 1 Speedroid Darklord, 1 Speedroid Burning Abyss Darklord) 15 DARK Synchro 14 Burning Abyss (11 Speedroid Phantom Knights Burning Abyss, 1 Ritual Burning Abyss, 1 Speedroid Burning Abyss, 1 Speedroid Nekroz Burning Abyss) 10 Frog (7 Speedroid Frog, 2 Frog, 1 Frog Paleozoic) 9 Monarch (3 Brilliant Monarch, 3 Domain Monarch, 2 Speedroid Artifact Monarch, 1 Artifact Brilliant Monarch) 6 Yang Zing (4 Speedroid Yang Zing, 2 Metalfoes Yang Zing) 5 Kozmo (4 Kozmo, 1 Speedroid Kozmo) 3 Infernoid 3 Nekroz (2 Shaddoll Nekroz, 1 Nekroz) 3 Qliphort 3 Yosenju 2 Cyber Angel 2 Junk Doppel 2 Lightsworn (1 Lightsworn, 1 Shiranui Lightsworn) 1 Barrier Statue 1 Dark Magician 1 Denglong FTK 1 Galaxy 1 Lightsworn Shiranui 1 Ritual Beast 1 Speedroid Phantom Knights 1 Tellarknight ABC The early ABC builds were running Galaxy Soldier and Transmodify

Choose your Battle Style Wisely
Karakas First Printed: 1994-JUN Banned: 2008-SEP Commander is a format that focuses on legendary creatures that tie together decks thematically, and Karakas is a land that can both prevent a player from having consistent access to their commander AND allow its controller to consistently save their commander from removal