Time Vault
Time Vault: Artifact, Unlimited Edition. This artifact enters tapped. This artifact doesn't untap during your untap step. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Artifact
- Colour identity
- Colourless
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Unlimited Edition (2ED)
- Released
- 1993-12-01
- Collector number
- 275
- Artist
- Mark Tedin
- Reserved List
- Yes
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About Time Vault
Time Vault is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare colourless artifact from Unlimited Edition (2ED), a core set released in December 1993. It is collector number 275 in that set, with art by Mark Tedin. It costs {2} (two generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It has no colour identity. It is banned in Legacy, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. It is restricted in Vintage and Old School. It has been printed in 8 sets, from Limited Edition Alpha (1993) to Vintage Masters (2014). It is on the Reserved List. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1075.68 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
This artifact enters tapped.
This artifact doesn't untap during your untap step.
If you would begin your turn while this artifact is tapped, you may skip that turn instead. If you do, untap this artifact.
{T}: Take an extra turn after this one.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1075.68 (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 Time Vault by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Banned |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Restricted |
| Old School | Restricted |
| Commander | Banned |
| Duel Commander | Banned |
| Oathbreaker | Banned |
| PreDH | Banned |
Other printings of Time Vault
Time Vault has been printed in 8 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 30th Anniversary Edition (30A) #270 | Rare | 2022 |
| 30th Anniversary Edition (30A) #567 | Rare | 2022 |
| Vintage Masters (VMA) #287 | Mythic | 2014 |
| Masters Edition IV (ME4) #234 | Rare | 2011 |
| Collectors' Edition (CED) #275 | Rare | 1993 |
| Intl. Collectors' Edition (CEI) #275 | Rare | 1993 |
| Limited Edition Beta (LEB) #275 | Rare | 1993 |
| Limited Edition Alpha (LEA) #274 | Rare | 1993 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Time Vault, newest first.
- If multiple "extra turn" effects resolve in the same turn, take them in the reverse of the order that the effects resolved. In other words, the most recently created extra turn is taken first.
- The choice of whether or not to skip a turn is made as that turn would begin, and only if Time Vault is tapped at that time. If you choose to skip your turn, Time Vault untaps before anything else happens in the next turn.
- This wording means that you no longer end up skipping multiple turns if you find a way to activate the ability multiple times.
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