The Temporal Anchor
The Temporal Anchor: Legendary Artifact, The Brothers' War. At the beginning of your upkeep, scry 2. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{U}{U}{U}
- Mana value
- 6
- Type
- Legendary Artifact
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- The Brothers' War (BRO)
- Released
- 2022-11-18
- Collector number
- 82
- Artist
- Kekai Kotaki
- Commander rank
- 8,922 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Scry
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About The Temporal Anchor
The Temporal Anchor is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue legendary artifact from The Brothers' War (BRO), an expansion set released in November 2022. It is collector number 82 in that set, with art by Kekai Kotaki. It costs {3}{U}{U}{U} (three generic and three blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. 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 3 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.32 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
At the beginning of your upkeep, scry 2.
Whenever you choose to put one or more cards on the bottom of your library while scrying, exile that many cards from the bottom of your library.
During your turn, you may play cards exiled with The Temporal Anchor.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.32 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of The Temporal Anchor 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 The Temporal Anchor
The Temporal Anchor has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #105666 | Rare | 2023 |
| The Brothers' War (BRO) #321 | Rare | 2022 |
| The Brothers' War Promos (PBRO) #82p | Rare | 2022 |
| The Brothers' War Promos (PBRO) #82s | Rare | 2022 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to The Temporal Anchor.
- You must follow all normal timing rules for a card you play using The Temporal Anchor's last ability and, if it's a spell, you must pay its costs to cast it.
Similar cards
Other artifact cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.