Midnight Clock
Midnight Clock: Artifact, Aetherdrift Commander. Tap: Add U. 2U: Put an hour counter on this artifact. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{U}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Artifact
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Aetherdrift Commander (DRC)
- Released
- 2025-02-14
- Collector number
- 79
- Artist
- Alexander Forssberg
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About Midnight Clock
Midnight Clock is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue artifact from Aetherdrift Commander (DRC), a Commander product released in February 2025. It is collector number 79 in that set, with art by Alexander Forssberg. It costs {2}{U} (two generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 11 sets, from Throne of Eldraine (2019) to Aetherdrift Commander (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.37 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
{T}: Add {U}.
{2}{U}: Put an hour counter on this artifact.
At the beginning of each upkeep, put an hour counter on this artifact.
When the twelfth hour counter is put on this artifact, shuffle your hand and graveyard into your library, then draw seven cards. Exile this artifact.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.37 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Midnight Clock by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Midnight Clock
Midnight Clock has been printed in 11 sets. The 12 most recent other printings are listed here, newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2217 | Rare | 2025 |
| Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C) #189 | Rare | 2024 |
| Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC) #100 | Rare | 2024 |
| Wilds of Eldraine Commander (WOC) #99 | Rare | 2023 |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #727 | Rare | 2022 |
| New Capenna Commander (NCC) #226 | Rare | 2022 |
| Crimson Vow Commander (VOC) #108 | Rare | 2021 |
| The List (PLST) #ELD-54 | Rare | 2021 |
| Throne of Eldraine (ELD) #346 | Rare | 2019 |
| Throne of Eldraine (ELD) #54 | Rare | 2019 |
| Throne of Eldraine Promos (PELD) #54p | Rare | 2019 |
| Throne of Eldraine Promos (PELD) #54s | Rare | 2019 |
Official rulings
Four official rulings apply to Midnight Clock, newest first.
- Midnight Clock's first triggered ability triggers at the beginning of each upkeep, not just your upkeep. In a Two-Headed Giant game, an ability that triggers at the beginning of each upkeep rather than each player's upkeep triggers only once during each team's upkeep.
- You can activate Midnight Clock's mana ability to pay the cost of its second ability.
- Midnight Clock's last ability triggers after one or more counters are put onto it if it had fewer than twelve counters on it before those counters were put on it and it has twelve or more counters on it after.
- If Midnight Clock leaves the battlefield while its last ability is on the stack, it won't be exiled.
Similar cards
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