Time counter

Time counter

 

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Time counter
Counter
Use	Upkeep tracking
Placed on	Objects
Introduced	Fallen Empires
Last used	Amonkhet
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Time counters are counters that are usually removed during the upkeep step. If the last time counter on a card is removed, an effect will occur.

Mechanics

Two mechanics use time counter both were introduced during the Time Spiral block.

• Vanishing
• Suspend

Before Time Spiral

Before Time Spiral, only three cards used time counters.

• Tourach's Gate from Fallen Empires is the first enchantment aura to use time counters.
• Infinite Hourglass and Time Bomb from Ice Age are the first artifacts to use time counters.

Time counter interaction

There are a few cards that can interact specifically with time counters.

• Jhoira's Timebug puts a time counter on or removes a time counter from a permanent you control or a suspended card you own.
• Fury Charm removes two time counters from a permanent or suspended card.
• Timebender puts two time counters on or removes two time counters from a permanent with a time counter on it or a suspended card.
• Timecrafting puts X time counters on or removes X time counters from a permanent with a time counter on it or a suspended card.
• Dust of Moments puts two time counters on or removes two time counters from each permanent with a time counter on it and each suspended card.
• Rift Elemental removes two time counters from a permanent you control or a suspended card you own.
• Shivan Sand-Mage puts two time counters on or removes two time counters from a permanent with a time counter on it or a suspended card.

Additionally, any card that interacts with counters in general may affect permanents with time counters, such as Doubling Season, Price of Betrayal, Vorel of the Hull Clade, and cards with Proliferate. Such cards cannot affect time counters on suspended spells since those spells are in exile.

See also

• Fade counter