Decaying Time Loop
Doctor Who 80 • uncommon
- Set
- Doctor Who
- Collector number
- 80
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana red mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Alexander Gering
- Market price
- $0.41
What it does
Discard all the cards in your hand, then draw that many cards.
Retrace (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a land card in addition to paying its other costs.)
"We try, it doesn't work, we try again. We learn, we improve, we fail again, but better."— The Thirteenth Doctor
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Decaying Time Loop was introduced as part of the Magic: The Gathering Universes Beyond collaboration with the long-running BBC science fiction series, Doctor Who. Released in late 2023, the card captures the thematic instability and narrative motifs of the show, specifically drawing from its complex temporal paradoxes. It was designed to function within the Commander format, utilizing mechanics that reflect the show's recurring trope of characters becoming trapped in recursive chronal cycles.
The card’s illustration was crafted to evoke the atmospheric and often frantic nature of a collapsing timeline. The design team focused on blending the visual language of the Doctor Who universe with the established aesthetic conventions of the trading card game. Upon release, the set was noted for its faithfulness to the source material, with the art direction receiving praise for successfully translating the show's practical effects and production design into a static card format.
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