Mana Value
5
Rarity
rare
Timesifter
Artifact
Card Text
At the beginning of each upkeep, each player exiles the top card of their library. The player who exiled the card with the greatest mana value takes an extra turn after this one. If two or more players' cards are tied for greatest, the tied players repeat this process until the tie is broken.
Set
Mirrodin
(MRD)
EDHREC Rank
#13,248
In Two-Headed Giant, triggers only once per upkeep, not once for each player.
Wotc — May 01, 2006
Each time there's a tie for the highest cost, only the players involved in the tie continue.
Wotc — December 01, 2004
If a player fails to exile a card, they can't take the extra turn.
Wotc — December 01, 2004
If multiple extra turns are created in a game, the most recently created extra turn is taken first.
Wotc — December 01, 2004
Each player must exile the top card of their library at the start of each upkeep step.
Wotc — December 01, 2004
If two or more Timesifters are on the battlefield, keep a careful record of which players get which extra turns. With two Timesifters on the battlefield, two extra turns are created for each turn taken.
Wotc — December 01, 2004
A land card has a mana value of 0.
Wotc — December 01, 2004
Remember which player would have taken the next turn if Timesifter's ability hadn't triggered the first time. After Timesifter leaves the battlefield and all extra turns have been taken, that player takes the next turn.
Wotc — December 01, 2004
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