Sands of Time

Sands of Time

Artifact

Mana cost: {4}

How we read this card

Each player skips their untap step.
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player simultaneously untaps each tapped artifact, creature, and land they control and taps each untapped artifact, creature, and land they control.

triggered — untaps a permanent

triggered —

Causes: untap an artifact, untap a creature, untap a land, tap an artifact, tap a creature, tap a land.

Cares about: an upkeep.

Works well with

a land becomes tapped — 50 cards in the game can cause this (Sands of Time is one).

When a land becomes tapped thanks to Sands of Time:

  1. Steam Vines — deals 1 damage
  2. Pooling Venom — makes a player lose 2 life
  3. Chronic Flooding — mills a card
  4. Roots of Life — gains you 1 life
  5. Psychic Venom — deals 2 damage
  6. Orcish Mine — triggers
  7. Spreading Algae — kills it
  8. Blight — kills it
  9. Uncontrolled Infestation — kills it
  10. Kudzu — kills a land

6 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact becomes tapped — 88 cards in the game can cause this (Sands of Time is one).

When Sands of Time becomes tapped:

  1. Powerleech — gains you 1 life
  2. Artifact Possession — deals 2 damage
  3. Haunting Wind — deals 1 damage
  4. Relic Putrescence — puts a counter on a permanent
  5. Relic Bind — triggers

a creature untaps — 519 cards in the game can cause this (Sands of Time is one).

  1. Fishing Pole — When a creature untaps thanks to Sands of Time, Fishing Pole triggers

a creature becomes tapped — 565 cards in the game can cause this (Sands of Time is one).

When a creature becomes tapped thanks to Sands of Time:

  1. Unctus, Grand Metatect — draws you 1 card
  2. Sharae of Numbing Depths — draws you 1 card
  3. Rewrite History — draws you 1 card
  4. Stinging Licid — deals 2 damage
  5. Gideon's Avenger — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Icewrought Sentry — gets +2/+1
  7. Hawkeye's Bow — deals 1 damage
  8. Cryoshatter — kills a creature
  9. Don't Move — kills a creature
  10. Hylda of the Icy Crown — triggers

11 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything becomes tapped — 699 cards in the game can cause this (Sands of Time is one).

  1. Master Pakku — When Master Pakku becomes tapped thanks to Sands of Time, it mills a card

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact is cast — 3,683 cards in the game can cause this (Sands of Time is one).

When Sands of Time is cast:

  1. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — copies a spell
  2. Sai, Master Thopterist — makes a token
  3. Ravenous Robots — makes a token
  4. Pinnacle Emissary — makes a token
  5. Mirrodin Besieged — makes a token
  6. Poetic Ingenuity — makes a token
  7. Digsite Engineer — makes a token
  8. Myrsmith — makes a token
  9. Riddlesmith — draws you 1 card
  10. Dr. Madison Li — puts a counter on a permanent you control

271 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken artifact enters the battlefield — 3,768 cards in the game can cause this (Sands of Time is one).

When Sands of Time enters:

  1. Ultron, Artificial Malevolence — makes a token
  2. The Prydwen, Steel Flagship — makes a token
  3. Conquest Mission — puts a quest counter on itself
  4. Surge Conductor — proliferates
  5. Replication Specialist — makes a token
  6. Weapons Manufacturing — makes a token
  7. Mirrorworks — makes a token

an artifact enters the battlefield — 4,643 cards in the game can cause this (Sands of Time is one).

When Sands of Time enters:

  1. Transplant Theorist — draws you 1 card
  2. Elvish Archivist — puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
  3. Golbez, Crystal Collector — surveils
  4. Sludge Strider — makes a player lose 1 life
  5. Underhanded Designs — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Mechan Assembler — makes a token
  7. Glassdust Hulk — gets +1/+1
  8. Rook Turret — draws you 1 card
  9. Hedron Detonator — deals 1 damage
  10. Pactdoll Terror — makes each opponent lose 1 life

55 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Sands of Time is one).

When Sands of Time enters:

  1. HYDRA Assault Robot — deals 1 damage
  2. Era of Innovation — puts a counter on a permanent you control

39 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything is cast — 31,128 cards in the game can cause this (Sands of Time is one).

When Sands of Time is cast:

  1. Sokka, Bold Boomeranger — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Saheeli, Radiant Creator — puts a counter on a permanent you control

10 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.