Timesifter
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SetMRD
Collector #262
Released2003-10-02
Rarityrare
ArtistDany Orizio
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Timesifter

RareMV 5
Artifact
At the beginning of each upkeep, each player exiles the top card of their library. The player who exiled the card with the greatest mana value takes an extra turn after this one. If two or more players' cards are tied for greatest, the tied players repeat this process until the tie is broken.
Card capabilities
Artifact
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
This is the only English printing.
Rulings (8)
wotc1 May 2006
In Two-Headed Giant, triggers only once per upkeep, not once for each player.
wotc1 Dec 2004
Each time there's a tie for the highest cost, only the players involved in the tie continue.
wotc1 Dec 2004
A land card has a mana value of 0.
wotc1 Dec 2004
If two or more Timesifters are on the battlefield, keep a careful record of which players get which extra turns. With two Timesifters on the battlefield, two extra turns are created for each turn taken.
wotc1 Dec 2004
Each player must exile the top card of their library at the start of each upkeep step.
wotc1 Dec 2004
Remember which player would have taken the next turn if Timesifter's ability hadn't triggered the first time. After Timesifter leaves the battlefield and all extra turns have been taken, that player takes the next turn.