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    Decaying Time Loop

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    Decaying Time Loop

    Illustrated by Alexander Gering

    EDHREC Rank #7,068
    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

    Rulings (4)

    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.

    Oct 13, 2023

    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.

    Oct 13, 2023

    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.

    Oct 13, 2023

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    Printings (2)

    Decaying Time Loop — Doctor Who
    WHO#80$0.37
    Doctor Who
    Decaying Time Loop — Doctor Who
    WHO#685
    Doctor Who