Time Stop
Time Stop: Instant, Foundations. End the turn. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {4}{U}{U}
- Mana value
- 6
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Foundations (FDN)
- Released
- 2024-11-15
- Collector number
- 166
- Artist
- Scott M. Fischer
- Commander rank
- 7,262 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Time Stop
Time Stop is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue instant from Foundations (FDN), a core set released in November 2024. It is collector number 166 in that set, with art by Scott M. Fischer. It costs {4}{U}{U} (four generic and two blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 6 sets, from Champions of Kamigawa (2004) to Foundations (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.30 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
End the turn. (Exile all spells and abilities, including this spell. The player whose turn it is discards down to their maximum hand size. Damage heals and "this turn" and "until end of turn" effects end.)
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.30 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Time Stop by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Alchemy | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Time Stop
Time Stop has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #FDN-166 | Rare | 2026 |
| Foundations Promos (PFDN) #166s | Rare | 2024 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1500 | Rare | 2023 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1500★ | Rare | 2023 |
| Tenth Edition (10E) #117 | Rare | 2007 |
| Tenth Edition (10E) #117★ | Rare | 2007 |
| Champions of Kamigawa (CHK) #97 | Rare | 2004 |
Official rulings
Four official rulings apply to Time Stop, newest first.
- If any triggered abilities do trigger during this process, they're put onto the stack during the cleanup step. If this happens, players will have a chance to cast spells and activate abilities, then there will be another cleanup step before the turn finally ends.
- Ending the turn this way means the following things happen in order: 1) All spells and abilities on the stack are exiled. This includes Time Stop, though it will continue to resolve. It also includes spells and abilities that can't be countered. 2) All attacking and blocking creatures are removed from combat. 3) State-based actions are checked. No player gets priority, and no triggered abilities are put onto the stack. 4) The current phase and/or step ends. The game skips straight to the cleanup step. The cleanup step happens in its entirety.
- Exiling a spell or ability prevents that spell or ability from resolving, but it doesn't technically "counter" anything. This means that Time Stop can exile spells and abilities that "can't be countered."
- Unless Time Stop is cast during the Ending phase, any "at the beginning of the end step"-triggered abilities don't get the chance to trigger on the turn Time Stop is cast. These abilities will trigger at the beginning of the next end step.
Similar cards
Other instant cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Time Stop is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.