Telling Time

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Telling Time: Instant, Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander. Look at the top three cards of your library. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{U}
Mana value
2
Type
Instant
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC)
Released
2024-09-27
Collector number
75
Artist
L.A. Draws
Commander rank
5,627 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Telling Time

Telling Time is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon blue instant from Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC), a Commander product released in September 2024. It is collector number 75 in that set, with art by L.A. Draws. 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 Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 7 sets, from Ravnica: City of Guilds (2005) to Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.28 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of those cards into your hand, one on top of your library, and one on the bottom of your library.

Time moves strangely in Duskmourn. The terrors of the past snap at the heels of an unknowable future, while the torments of the present stretch into infinity.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.28 (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 Telling Time by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Telling Time

Telling Time has been printed in 7 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2157Uncommon2025
GRN Guild Kit (GK1) #4Uncommon2018
Commander 2018 (C18) #105Common2018
Modern Masters 2015 (MM2) #61Common2015
Tenth Edition (10E) #114Uncommon2007
Ravnica: City of Guilds (RAV) #69Uncommon2005

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Telling Time.

  • If there are fewer than three cards in your library, follow the instructions in the order given for any cards that are there.

Similar cards

Other instant cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.

In these precons

Telling Time is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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