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Temporal Machinations

Magic: The GatheringDominaria#271

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DominariaDOM · #271

Card type: Sorcery
Rarity: Common
Indicative price: 0.10 € · 0.23 $
Mana value: 3
Colour: Blue

Card text

Return target creature to its owner's hand. If you control an artifact, draw a card.

Format legality

BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
DuelLegal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PauperLegal
PaupercommanderLegal
PioneerLegal
TimelessLegal
VintageLegal

Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).

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Printing information

Illustrator: Zack Stella
Card language: English
Release date: 2018-04-27

Flavour text

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.

Rulings

2018-04-27

If the target creature is an illegal target by the time Temporal Machinations tries to resolve, the spell doesn’t resolve. You won’t draw a card.

2018-04-27

Whether you control an artifact is checked only after returning the target creature to its owner’s hand. If the target creature is the only artifact you control, you won’t draw a card.