Telling Time
Modern Masters 2015 61 • common
- Set
- Modern Masters 2015
- Collector number
- 61
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Scott M. Fischer
- Market price
- $0.25
What it does
Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of those cards into your hand, one on top of your library, and one on the bottom of your library.
Mastery is achieved when "telling time" becomes "telling time what to do."
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Telling Time was originally introduced in the 2005 Ravnica: City of Guilds expansion for Magic: The Gathering. Designed as an efficient blue spell for deck manipulation, the card allows players to look at the top three cards of their library, placing one into their hand, one on top of their library, and one on the bottom. It serves as a tactical tool for card selection, providing a modest but reliable way to filter through a deck's resources.
The version from Modern Masters 2015, featuring the collector number 61, utilizes the original artwork by artist Paolo Parente. This reprint was part of a set specifically curated to bring powerful and popular cards back into circulation for the Draft and Sealed environments. The design aesthetic reflects the high-fantasy style characteristic of the mid-2000s era of the game, maintaining a consistent visual identity that fans often associate with the classic blue card-draw mechanics of the period.
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