Perpetual Timepiece
Artifact
: Mill two cards. (Put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard.)
, Exile this artifact: Shuffle any number of target cards from your graveyard into your library.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Kaladesh
- Price
- $1.09
- EDHREC rank
- #1995
Perpetual Timepiece gives you a free mill-two every turn and a panic button that shuffles your graveyard back into your library for two mana — both on a colorless artifact that costs two to deploy. Syr Konrad, the Grim turns each of those self-mill triggers into direct damage, and The Capitoline Triad treats the piece as a graveyard-cycling engine that feeds its enchantment recursion. At two mana with no color restriction, this is an easy inclusion in any deck that wants cards in the graveyard.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Capitoline Triad
The Capitoline Triad's enchantress engine wants a steady flow of cards hitting the graveyard, and Perpetual Timepiece delivers that for free on every upkeep while doubling as a library-reset safety valve.
Grolnok, the Omnivore
Grolnok, the Omnivore turns every milled permanent into a castable card via croak counters, so Perpetual Timepiece's passive mill is pure fuel — more frogs hit the bin, more things become free plays.
The Mycotyrant
The Mycotyrant scales on the number of creature types milled into the graveyard, and Perpetual Timepiece quietly adds to that count every upkeep without requiring any additional investment.
Araumi of the Dead Tide
Araumi of the Dead Tide needs creatures in the graveyard to encore, and Perpetual Timepiece is a zero-upkeep engine that keeps stocking that resource while protecting against decking out in long games.
Yuma, Proud Protector
Yuma, Proud Protector cares specifically about lands hitting the graveyard, and Perpetual Timepiece's upkeep mill has a reasonable chance of hitting one each turn while keeping the library healthy for the long game.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Perpetual Timepiece is a Commander card through and through — the free upkeep mill compounds over a long multiplayer game, the graveyard-reset ability answers mill-out threats that are almost exclusive to that format, and the colorless cost means any archetype can slot it in. In Modern and Legacy, the card sees essentially no play; dedicated self-mill shells have faster, more explosive options, and the slow incremental mill doesn't compete with what those formats demand. Pioneer is the same story. Oathbreaker can use it in the same graveyard-value roles as Commander, but the format's smaller deck size means the library-reset mode becomes relevant sooner — a minor upside, not a reason to seek the card out specifically for Oathbreaker.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Syr Konrad, the GrimTainted StrikePerpetual Timepiece
Each opponent loses the game
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$1.09 cheap tier
At $1.09, Perpetual Timepiece sits firmly in budget territory — you're paying almost nothing for a card that pulls real weight in graveyard and self-mill strategies. Demand is stable across a wide range of Commander archetypes, so the price is unlikely to drop meaningfully; at this level it's just a buy.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Syr Konrad, the Grim
- The Capitoline Triad
- Grolnok, the Omnivore
- The Mycotyrant
- Araumi of the Dead Tide
- Yuma, Proud Protector
- Tainted Strike
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.