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This creature requires you to level it seven times to come online, which is a lot considering it dies to just about anything. Lighthouse ChronologistĪnother omega-extra turn card is up next, and its name is Lighthouse Chronologist. This is another below-average extra turn card, mostly because it costs six mana instead of five and it exiles after casting. Karn’s Temporal Sundering is a 2-for-1 combo that gives you (or somebody else if you’re playing politics) an extra turn while also bouncing a nonland permanent to its owner’s hand. The expression on your opponent’s face when it resolves and they’re forced to pick their poison is incredibly gratifying.

I love this card, and I highly recommend you include it in your EDH lists. At worst you get to steal three permanents and take one extra turn, which is still great for. At best it can give you four extra turns which is basically just winning. ExpropriateĮxpropriate is one of my favorite cards of all time because of how absolutely awesome it feels to play. Still, I don’t see this as a particularly strong extra-turn card since you have to be really set up for it to work for you. If your opponent’s board is empty or their hand is then you don’t really have anything to worry about. But this is basically a mediocre Time Walk since you have protection from that player. Up next is Eon Frolicker, which actually gives your opponent an extra turn. This is average for these kinds of cards but ultimately still very strong thanks to how it works. A 5-mana take-a-turn spell at sorcery speed. Next up is Capture of Jingzhou, a carbon copy of Time Warp that’s basically the template for any take-an-extra-turn spell. The increased mana cost is to pay for the fact that eventually it comes back, but it doesn’t really help too much to incentivize players to include this card.

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Not much to say here.Įight mana is a lot for an extra turn spell because it usually means you’ll tap out to play it and not actually capitalize on having two full turns to do stuff. Beacon of Tomorrowsīeacon of Tomorrows is a serious downgrade from Alrund’s Epiphany. Especially when you end up casting one or two of these in a row and attack for six to eight damage with just those two fliers. It may seem like a slightly worse Time Warp at first glance, but those two 1/1 Birds have proven to be incredibly potent. While it took a while for this card to find its place in Standard, it absolutely dominated for an entire block. Blue Extra Turn Cards Alrund’s Epiphanyįirst on the list is the infamous Standard bomb, Alrund’s Epiphany. These are incredibly niche cards that are only viable for certain strategies and you’re probably more concerned with giving yourself extra turns. I’m also going to include cards that give you an extra turn by letting you skip another player’s turn, like Discontinuity, because they’re used to break parity and deny your opponent a turn after yours.īut I’m not going to include cards that skip your own turn or give your opponent an extra turn at your expense, like Sundial of the Infinite. “Extra turn cards” encompasses all cards that have Time Walk abilities that give you or another player an extra turn. Today I’m going to talk about all of the cards in Magic that give extra turns and answer some common questions about the mechanic. Taking an extra turn gives you all these bonuses without any possible interruption from your opponent, which basically turns the game into a one-sided event. Drawing extra cards here and there, being able to spend all your mana each turn, and taking 2-for-1 trades all add up to let one player win over the other. Magic is a game of small advantages that build up over time. Another turn not only gives you a card, it untaps your mana and gives you an incredible lead over your opponent. But there’s one other kind of resource that’s infinitely better than drawing another card, and that’s taking another turn.

More cards means more things to play, more removal, better interaction, and a flat-out higher win condition.

In Magic (and basically every card game ever), card draw is considered the most valuable resource a player can have. Time Walk (Ultra Rare Cards alternate) | Illustration by Chris Rahn

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