Magic: The Gathering

Sarpadian Empires, Vol. VII

Time Spiral 263 • rare

Set: Time Spiral
Collector number: 263
Rarity: Rare
Mana cost: 3 generic mana
Type: Artifact
Colors: Colorless
Artist: Doug Chaffee
Market price: $0.49

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$0.49market price via TCGplayer · Aug 7, 2026$0.47 – $0.53 over the tracked period

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Lore

Why it matters

As a rare artifact from the Time Spiral set, this card references the Sarpadian Empires of Magic: The Gathering lore, a fallen civilization known for its desperate reliance on thrulls and spores. Collectors prize this piece for its deep connection to the game's early history and the narrative world-building that Doug Chaffee’s evocative illustration helps define.

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What it does

As this artifact enters, choose white Citizen, blue Camarid, black Thrull, red Goblin, or green Saproling.

3 generic mana, tap: Create a 1/1 creature token of the chosen color and type.

The past still lives within its pages, waiting for its time to come again.

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Provenance

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Sarpadian Empires, Vol. VII was released in 2006 as part of the Time Spiral set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. The set was designed to explore themes of temporal distortion and nostalgia, featuring mechanics that referenced the game's long history. This specific card serves as a narrative callback to the Fallen Empires expansion from 1994, which chronicled the collapse of the Sarpadian continent and the rise of various factions vying for dominance in the wake of an ecological catastrophe.

The card was illustrated by Doug Chaffee, who rendered the artifact as a dense, weathered tome suggestive of arcane historical record. The design intent was to provide players with a utility card that could generate tokens, mirroring the thematic focus of the original Sarpadian lore regarding the creation and survival of various species. Upon its release, it was regarded as a flavorful, albeit niche, addition to the artifact category, celebrated primarily by long-time players for its deep-cut references to Magic’s early world-building.

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