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Decaying Time Loop

Red

2 printings listed in our catalog, from newest to oldest.

Decaying Time Loop, Doctor Who printing
Doctor Who WHO · No. 685 2023-10-13

Card text

{3}{R}
Instant
Discard all the cards in your hand, then draw that many cards. Retrace (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a land card in addition to paying its other costs.)
Keywords: Retrace
"We try, it doesn't work, we try again. We learn, we improve, we fail again, but better." —The Thirteenth Doctor
EDHREC rank #7125 Uncommon Not on the Reserved List
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The 2 printings

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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ∅ Not legal
Modern ∅ Not legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ∅ Not legal
Historic ∅ Not legal
Timeless ∅ Not legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ∅ Not legal
Penny ∅ Not legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

4 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

A retrace card cast from your graveyard follows the normal timing rules for its card type.

2023-10-13 · Wizards of the Coast

When a retrace spell you cast from your graveyard resolves, fails to resolve, or is countered, it's put back into your graveyard. You may use the retrace ability to cast it again.

2023-10-13 · Wizards of the Coast

Casting a card by using its retrace ability works just like casting any other spell, with two exceptions: You're casting it from your graveyard rather than your hand, and you must discard a land card in addition to any other costs.

2023-10-13 · Wizards of the Coast

If the active player casts a spell that has retrace, that player may cast that card again after it resolves, before another player can remove the card from the graveyard. The active player has priority after the spell resolves, so they can immediately cast a new spell. Since casting a card with retrace from the graveyard moves that card onto the stack, no one else would have the chance to affect it while it's still in the graveyard.

2023-10-13 · Wizards of the Coast

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