MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #310

Temporal Aperture

usg·#310·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Michael Sutfin

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for trade

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wishlisted

Oct 1998

28 yr ago

Value

$5.10+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $5.28 · low $4.81

NM$5.10

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$4.71–$5.38modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $5.10low $2.34range 117.9%n 53

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #22,779 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$5.10

Gameplay

Artifact

{5}, {T}: Shuffle your library, then reveal the top card. Until end of turn, for as long as that card remains on top of your library, play with the top card of your library revealed and you may play that card without paying its mana cost. (If it has X in its mana cost, X is 0.)

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 3

2004-10-04wotc

The card is removed from the top of the library when you play it, just like a card is removed from your hand when you play it.

2004-10-04wotc

While you do not have to pay the mana cost, you do have to pay any other costs described in the text that are paid when playing the card. If the cost in the card text is optional, such as with Buyback, you can optionally pay that cost.

2004-10-04wotc

If your library is shuffled or that card otherwise leaves the top of your library, the effect ends.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $5.10. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $2.34 and $5.10 across 53 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from USG — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #310 of *Urza's Saga*, the set that shipped alongside the October 1998 Urza's Saga release.

Card type: Artifact, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {2} (2 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander. This printing is on Wizards of the Coast's Reserved List — Wizards has committed never to reprint cards on that list, which underwrites a structural scarcity floor on every surviving copy.

EDHrec ranks this card #22,779 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Michael Sutfin. Rarix catalogs 276 other cards credited to this artist.