Teferi's Time Twist

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Teferi's Time Twist: Instant, War of the Spark. Exile target permanent you control. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{U}
Mana value
2
Type
Instant
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Rarity
Common
Set
War of the Spark (WAR)
Released
2019-05-03
Collector number
72
Artist
Ralph Horsley
Commander rank
2,646 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Teferi's Time Twist

Teferi's Time Twist is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common blue instant from War of the Spark (WAR), an expansion set released in May 2019. It is collector number 72 in that set, with art by Ralph Horsley. It costs {1}{U} (one generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. War of the Spark is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.32 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Exile target permanent you control. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step. If it enters as a creature, it enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it.

"The safest place for you is not now."

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.32 (as of 2026-11-12).

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

Format legality

Legality of Teferi's Time Twist by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Official rulings

Five official rulings apply to Teferi's Time Twist, newest first.

  • The permanent returns untapped unless another effect causes it to enter the battlefield tapped.
  • To determine whether the entering permanent is entering as a creature, consider any effects that will modify that permanent’s characteristics once it’s on the battlefield, including that permanent’s own abilities that affect only itself and effects from other objects.
  • If a token is exiled this way, it will cease to exist and won’t return to the battlefield.
  • Auras attached to the exiled permanent will be put into their owners’ graveyards. Equipment attached to the exiled permanent will become unattached and remain on the battlefield. Any counters on the exiled permanent will cease to exist. Once the exiled permanent returns, it’s considered a new object with no relation to the object that it was.
  • A creature returned to the battlefield this way enters the battlefield with one +1/+1 counter if it would otherwise enter with no +1/+1 counters.

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