Timetwister
Vintage Championship 2012 • rare
- Set
- Vintage Championship
- Collector number
- 2012
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Matt Stewart
What it does
Each player shuffles their hand and graveyard into their library, then draws seven cards. (Then put Timetwister into its owner's graveyard.)
2012 Vintage Championship Winner
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyBanned
- VintageRestricted
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Timetwister was released in 1993 as part of Limited Edition Alpha, the inaugural set for the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering. Created by Richard Garfield and published by Wizards of the Coast, it is one of the Power Nine, a group of cards widely considered the most powerful and influential in the game's history. Its design, illustrated by Christopher Rush, depicts a swirling vortex of cosmic energy, reflecting the card's ability to force players to shuffle their hand and graveyard into their library and draw a fresh set of cards.
The card's design was born from Garfield's desire to incorporate chaotic, high-impact game mechanics that reward resource management and strategic foresight. Upon its release, it became an immediate fixture in competitive play due to its unique capacity to disrupt an opponent's momentum while refueling one's own hand. The 2012 Vintage Championship promotional version celebrates this legacy, issued as a commemorative card to honor the most storied format in Magic history where these foundational cards remain central to high-level competition.
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