Time of Need
Sorcery
Search your library for a legendary creature card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Champions of Kamigawa
- Price
- $4.24
- EDHREC rank
- #5282
Time of Need is a two-mana green sorcery that tutors any legendary creature directly to your hand — clean, efficient, and legal in every format that matters. Kethis, the Hidden Hand exemplifies the payoff: legendary-dense decks treat this as a third or fourth copy of whatever engine piece they need most.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kethis, the Hidden Hand
Kethis, the Hidden Hand runs an entirely legendary-creature suite, so Time of Need is effectively a cheap tutor for any missing combo piece or value engine in the 99. At two mana it fits naturally under Kethis's own cost, letting you assemble the graveyard recursion loop a full turn earlier.
Cleopatra, Exiled Pharaoh
Cleopatra, Exiled Pharaoh wants specific legendary creatures to trigger her ability and accumulate resources, making Time of Need a reliable way to find the exact piece the board state demands. The low cost means it rarely competes with the threats it's fetching.
Reyhan, Last of the Abzan // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful
Reyhan, Last of the Abzan // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful depends on legendary creatures entering the battlefield to trigger Yoshimaru's growth, and Time of Need finds whichever legendary accelerates that counter engine fastest. Two mana to guarantee the next legendary drop is a clean rate for a deck that already wants every legendary it can play.
Jodah, the Unifier
Jodah, the Unifier cascades off every legendary spell, so Time of Need pulls whichever legendary is missing from the cascade chain or closes out the board on the spot. At over 29,000 decks Jodah's inclusion rate reflects how broadly useful a cheap legendary tutor is when your entire deck is legendary creatures.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the obvious home for Time of Need — legendary creatures dominate the format, and two mana to fetch any of them is a reliable rate in any legendary-tribal or legendary-matters shell. In Legacy and Vintage it is technically legal but rarely sees play; the formats move too fast for a sorcery-speed tutor that can only hit creatures, and the competition at two mana is brutal. Oathbreaker gives it a second structured home, where fetching your signature spell's support creatures at instant-plus efficiency matters and the legendary density is high by design.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$4.24 cheap tier
At $4.24, Time of Need sits at the low end of the tutor market — cheap enough to slot into any budget legendary-tribal build without hesitation. It's a narrow card with a loyal audience, so the price is stable rather than speculative.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Kethis, the Hidden Hand
- Cleopatra, Exiled Pharaoh
- Reyhan, Last of the Abzan // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful
- Jodah, the Unifier
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.