Decaying Time Loop
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.)
"We try, it doesn't work, we try again. We learn, we improve, we fail again, but better." —The Thirteenth Doctor
- Set
- Doctor Who (WHO #685)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana value
- 4
- Released
- 2023-10-13
- Artist
- Alexander Gering
- EDHREC rank
- #7,078
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Foil
- Served from
- Local database
Commander bracket
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Combos
Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.
Format legality
Rulings
- 2023-10-13
A retrace card cast from your graveyard follows the normal timing rules for its card type.
- 2023-10-13
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
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
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.