Time Ebb
Sorcery
Put target creature on top of its owner's library.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Magic 2014
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #23302
Time Ebb puts a creature on top of its owner's library — not in hand, not in the graveyard — costing them a draw step and tempo for three mana. It's a sorcery-speed bounce spell that trades immediate card advantage for a punishing delay, and at three mana it's outclassed by nearly every blue alternative.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Time Ebb sees essentially no competitive play across any format because three-mana sorcery bounce is a losing rate — Vapor Snag, Brazen Borrower, and Cyclonic Rift all do more for less or with more flexibility. In Commander, the library placement is occasionally relevant against commanders with powerful ETBs, forcing a two-turn setback instead of a graveyard trigger, but the slot almost always belongs to a cheaper or instant-speed answer. Pauper is the one context where the card pool is constrained enough that it has seen fringe play in tempo shells, though even there it rarely makes the cut.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Time Ebb is deep bulk — the price reflects demand, which is minimal. It holds no financial value and is unlikely to move unless a future commander makes library-top bounce a dedicated mechanic.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.