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Temporal Aperture

{2}

Artifact

USGUrza's Saga#310rare
Reserved List
Border
black
Frame
1997
Pull rate
~1 in 37–110
Illustrator
Michael Sutfin
Found in
Urzas Saga Tournament Pack · Urzas Saga Booster Pack
Printings2
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernLegal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
{5}, {T}: Shuffle your library, then reveal the top card. Until end of turn, for as long as that card remains on top of your library, play with the top card of your library revealed and you may play that card without paying its mana cost. (If it has X in its mana cost, X is 0.)

Plays as: Topdeck Matters

Market · per finishspark updated 9h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+2.3%
$5.34
$2.41 low$0.61 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.74· across 2 printings

Rulings

3 · latest Oct 4, 2004 · one tap opens all
  • WotCOct 4, 2004

    If your library is shuffled or that card otherwise leaves the top of your library, the effect ends.

  • WotCOct 4, 2004

    The card is removed from the top of the library when you play it, just like a card is removed from your hand when you play it.

  • WotCOct 4, 2004

    While you do not have to pay the mana cost, you do have to pay any other costs described in the text that are paid when playing the card. If the cost in the card text is optional, such as with Buyback, you can optionally pay that cost.

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