The City on the Edge of Forever

The City on the Edge of Forever

Enchantment — Saga

Not yet released — 13 Nov 2026

Mana cost: {3}{W}{B}

How we read this card

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
All artifacts and creatures phase out. Create a 0/1 white Human creature token with "Permanents can't phase in."

triggered —

triggered — makes a token

You draw two cards and each player loses 2 life.

triggered — draws you 2 cards

triggered — makes each opponent lose 2 life

Sacrifice a creature token. If you do, you gain 5 life.

triggered —

triggered — gains you 5 life

Causes: an artifact phases out, a creature phases out, create a Human creature token, put a Human creature token onto the battlefield, draw a card, make a player lose life, sacrifice a creature token, a creature token dies, gain life.

Cares about: a creature to sacrifice.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (The City on the Edge of Forever is one).

  1. Nadier, Agent of the Duskenel — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to The City on the Edge of Forever, Nadier, Agent of the Duskenel puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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

a creature token dies — 67 cards in the game can cause this (The City on the Edge of Forever is one).

When a creature dies thanks to The City on the Edge of Forever:

  1. Grismold, the Dreadsower — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Joel, Resolute Survivor — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a token is sacrificed — 90 cards in the game can cause this (The City on the Edge of Forever is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to The City on the Edge of Forever:

  1. Mirkwood Bats — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Eloise, Nephalia Sleuth — surveils
  3. The Sackville-Bagginses — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Burdened Aerialist — grants flying
  5. Shire Shirriff — exiles a creature an opponent controls

a creature token leaves the battlefield — 117 cards in the game can cause this (The City on the Edge of Forever is one).

When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to The City on the Edge of Forever:

  1. Twilight Drover — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Zurgo Stormrender — makes each opponent lose 1 life

a token is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 122 cards in the game can cause this (The City on the Edge of Forever is one).

  1. Tatsumasa, the Dragon's Fang — When a creature dies thanks to The City on the Edge of Forever, Tatsumasa, the Dragon's Fang exiles itself

a token leaves the battlefield — 182 cards in the game can cause this (The City on the Edge of Forever is one).

When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to The City on the Edge of Forever:

  1. Boomer Scrapper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Nadier's Nightblade — makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

a Saga in a graveyard — 186 cards in the game can cause this (The City on the Edge of Forever is one).

When The City on the Edge of Forever is in the graveyard:

  1. Rydia, Summoner of Mist — can bring it back
  2. Satsuki, the Living Lore — can bring it back

an enchantment is sacrificed — 588 cards in the game can cause this (The City on the Edge of Forever is one).

  1. Narci, Fable Singer — When you sacrifice The City on the Edge of Forever, Narci, Fable Singer draws you 1 card

an enchantment in a graveyard — 983 cards in the game can cause this (The City on the Edge of Forever is one).

When The City on the Edge of Forever is in the graveyard:

  1. The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell — gets bigger
  2. Lotus-Eye Mystics — can bring it back
  3. Builder's Talent — can bring it back
  4. Tasigur, the Golden Fang — can bring it back
  5. Serpent of the Pass — gets bigger
  6. Emeria Shepherd — can bring it back
  7. Moment of Reckoning — can bring it back
  8. Muldrotha, the Gravetide — can bring it back
  9. Deadbridge Chant — can bring it back
  10. Invasion of Tolvada // The Broken Sky — can bring it back

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

an enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 987 cards in the game can cause this (The City on the Edge of Forever is one).

  1. Neva, Stalked by Nightmares — When The City on the Edge of Forever is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Neva, Stalked by Nightmares puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Knight of Doves — When The City on the Edge of Forever is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Knight of Doves makes a token
  3. Warehouse Tabby — When The City on the Edge of Forever is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Warehouse Tabby makes a token
  4. Starfield Mystic — When The City on the Edge of Forever is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Starfield Mystic puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Femeref Enchantress — When The City on the Edge of Forever is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Femeref Enchantress draws you 1 card
  6. Savior of the Sleeping — When The City on the Edge of Forever is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Savior of the Sleeping puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Ashiok's Reaper — When The City on the Edge of Forever is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Ashiok's Reaper draws you 1 card
  8. Wicked Visitor — When The City on the Edge of Forever is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Wicked Visitor makes each opponent lose 1 life
  9. Martyr's Bond — When a creature is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to The City on the Edge of Forever, Martyr's Bond makes an opponent sacrifice a permanent

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

a creature is sacrificed — 1,741 cards in the game can cause this (The City on the Edge of Forever is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to The City on the Edge of Forever:

  1. Ziatora, the Incinerator — deals that creature's power damage
  2. Dina, Essence Brewer — draws you 1 card
  3. Fleshtaker — gains you 1 life
  4. Body Dropper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Smothering Abomination — draws you 1 card
  6. Kels, Fight Fixer — draws you 1 card
  7. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — triggers
  8. Grist, the Hunger Tide — kills a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls
  9. Cabal Therapist — triggers
  10. Rakdos, the Muscle — exiles a card from an opponent's library

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

life is gained — 2,076 cards in the game can cause this (The City on the Edge of Forever is one).

When The City on the Edge of Forever gains life:

  1. Dina, Soul Steeper — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — draws you that many cards
  3. South Wind Avatar — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Rodolf Duskbringer — grants indestructible
  5. Fiendish Panda — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Veinwitch Coven — brings a card back
  7. Cleric Class — puts a counter on a creature
  8. Lich's Mastery — draws you that many cards
  9. Wall of Limbs — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  10. Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer — triggers

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

a creature token enters the battlefield — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (The City on the Edge of Forever is one).

When a Human enters thanks to The City on the Edge of Forever:

  1. Securitron Squadron — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Anointer Priest — gains you 1 life
  3. Nesting Dovehawk — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a creature token is created — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (The City on the Edge of Forever is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When The City on the Edge of Forever makes a Human token, Staff of the Storyteller puts a story counter on itself

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

a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (The City on the Edge of Forever is one).

  1. Toothy, Imaginary Friend — When The City on the Edge of Forever makes a player draw a card, Toothy, Imaginary Friend puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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