Telling Time
Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander 75 • uncommon
- Set
- Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander
- Collector number
- 75
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- L.A. Draws
- Market price
- $0.32
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.
Time moves strangely in Duskmourn. The terrors of the past snap at the heels of an unknowable future, while the torments of the present stretch into infinity.
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 Ravnica: City of Guilds set in 2005, designed to provide blue decks with a versatile, low-cost method of manipulating the top cards of a library. The card gained significant appreciation among players for its efficiency in digging for specific answers while setting up future draws, a staple effect often referred to in the community as deck selection or filtering.
This specific printing appears in the Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander set, released in 2024. The set is themed around classic 1980s horror tropes and atmospheric dread, and the card's inclusion here features updated frame treatments consistent with the aesthetic of the expansion, bridging its utilitarian function with the thematic narrative of the Haunted House setting.
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