Temporal Machinations
Dominaria 271 • common
- Set
- Dominaria
- Collector number
- 271
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Zack Stella
- Market price
- $0.23
What it does
Return target creature to its owner's hand. If you control an artifact, draw a card.
The Cabal soldier blinked and found day had become night, he had a face full of thistle seeds, and the old man was nowhere to be seen.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Temporal Machinations was released in 2018 as part of the Dominaria expansion for Magic: The Gathering. The card was designed as a sorcery that allowed players to return a card from their graveyard to their hand and manipulate the library, fitting the set's thematic focus on the deep history and artifacts of the Dominaria plane. It serves as a mechanical nod to the complex, time-bending nature of Urza’s legacy, which was central to the set's narrative.
The artwork for this card was created by Deruchenko Alexander, who focused on a visual interpretation of arcane research and mechanical experimentation. The piece reflects the aesthetic direction of the Dominaria set, which sought to evoke a sense of nostalgia for the game's earliest eras while maintaining the polished, high-fantasy style standard in modern Magic illustrations. Upon release, the card was received as a utility-focused tool for Limited play, valued for its graveyard recursion and deck-thinning capabilities.
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