Temporal Aperture
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This printing
SetUSG
Collector #310
Released1998-10-12
Rarityrare
ArtistMichael Sutfin
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Temporal Aperture

RareReserved listMV 2
Artifact
, : Shuffle your library, then reveal the top card. Until end of turn, for as long as that card remains on top of your library, play with the top card of your library revealed and you may play that card without paying its mana cost. (If it has X in its mana cost, X is 0.)
Card capabilities
Artifact
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
1 other English printingEarliest 1999-08-04Newest 1999-08-04Cheapest priced $0.76 in WC99
Rulings (3)
wotc4 Oct 2004
While you do not have to pay the mana cost, you do have to pay any other costs described in the text that are paid when playing the card. If the cost in the card text is optional, such as with Buyback, you can optionally pay that cost.
wotc4 Oct 2004
If your library is shuffled or that card otherwise leaves the top of your library, the effect ends.
wotc4 Oct 2004
The card is removed from the top of the library when you play it, just like a card is removed from your hand when you play it.