Time Bomb
Artifact
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a time counter on this artifact.
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, Sacrifice this artifact: This artifact deals damage equal to the number of time counters on it to each creature and each player.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Ice Age
- Price
- $0.84
- EDHREC rank
- #19868
Time Bomb is a slow-rolling board wipe that hits everything — creatures, artifacts, enchantments — at the cost of telegraphing itself for as many turns as you have patience to wait. The setup window is the whole game: opponents see it coming and will race to kill you or the Bomb before the counter triggers.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Time Bomb sees the most play, and even there it's a niche role-player rather than a staple — the delay is a real cost in a format where threats hit the table fast and opponents have multiple turns to respond. Legacy and Vintage are legal but effectively irrelevant; no competitive shell wants a board wipe that requires five upkeep steps to fire. Oathbreaker has the same read as Commander: occasionally interesting, never efficient. Time Bomb is a Commander-only conversation, and a narrow one at that.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.84 bulk tier
At $0.84, Time Bomb sits firmly in bulk territory with no pressure pushing it higher. Casual demand keeps a floor under oddball board wipes like this, but nothing about its power level or scarcity suggests it climbs.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.