Time Machine
Unhinged 128 • rare
- Set
- Unhinged
- Collector number
- 128
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 5 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- John Avon
- Market price
- $1.04
What it does
tap: Exile this artifact and target nontoken creature you own. Return them to the battlefield at the beginning of your upkeep on your turn X in the next game you play with one of your opponents in this game, where X is the mana value of the exiled creature.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyNot legal
- VintageNot legal
- CommanderNot legal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerNot legal
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Where it came from
The Time Machine card was released in 2004 as part of the Unhinged set, Wizards of the Coast's second foray into a satirical, silver-bordered expansion for Magic: The Gathering. Designed to operate outside the standard tournament environment, the set leaned heavily into meta-humor and complex mechanical interactions that defied the game's usual rules, providing a whimsical reprieve from the more serious competitive sets of the era.
The illustration was created by artist Doug Shuler, one of the original illustrators for the game's 1993 Alpha set. His design for the Time Machine features a retro-futuristic aesthetic that plays on classic science fiction tropes of the mid-20th century, utilizing bright, playful colors to match the lighthearted tone of the Un-series. While received with mixed feelings by players who preferred strict rules, the card has since become a quintessential example of the creative freedom exercised by the developers during the mid-2000s.
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