Perpetual Timepiece

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Perpetual Timepiece: Artifact, Secrets of Strixhaven Commander. Tap: Mill two cards. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}
Mana value
2
Type
Artifact
Colour identity
Colourless
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)
Released
2026-04-24
Collector number
354
Artist
Cliff Childs
Commander rank
2,016 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Mill

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About Perpetual Timepiece

Perpetual Timepiece is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon colourless artifact from Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC), a Commander product released in April 2026. It is collector number 354 in that set, with art by Cliff Childs. It costs {2} (two generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Kaladesh (2016) to Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.30 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

{T}: Mill two cards. (Put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard.)

{2}, Exile this artifact: Shuffle any number of target cards from your graveyard into your library.

Do not be so caught up in keeping track of time that you forget to make use of it.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.30 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Perpetual Timepiece by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Perpetual Timepiece

Perpetual Timepiece has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC) #263Uncommon2024
The List (PLST) #KLD-227Uncommon2021
Kaladesh (KLD) #227Uncommon2016

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Perpetual Timepiece.

  • You can activate Perpetual Timepiece's second ability with no targets just to shuffle your library. If you choose any targets and they all become illegal targets, the ability won't resolve and you won't shuffle your library.

Similar cards

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