Time Sieve
Artifact
, Sacrifice five artifacts: Take an extra turn after this one.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Double Masters
- Price
- $9.19
- EDHREC rank
- #2633
Time Sieve turns artifact sacrifice into extra turns, and in the right shell that's a game-ending loop rather than a one-off tempo play. Tivit, Seller of Secrets generates treasure and clue tokens on every combat, which means Time Sieve finds exactly the five sacrifices it needs to take another turn — and another, and another.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Tivit, Seller of Secrets
Tivit, Seller of Secrets is the natural home: a single attack step floods the board with artifacts, and Time Sieve converts that flood directly into infinite turns. Over 70% of Tivit decks run it, and that number reflects how cleanly the two cards solve each other.
Francisco, Fowl Marauder // Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
Francisco, Fowl Marauder // Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator generates treasure through combat damage, giving Time Sieve a steady sacrifice outlet that scales with how aggressive the deck plays. The pair appear together in nearly 60% of Francisco builds precisely because treasure production and extra turns form a self-reinforcing loop.
Edward Kenway
Edward Kenway creates treasure tokens as a core part of its game plan, making Time Sieve a natural closer that cashes in that resource for additional combat steps. Around 37% of Kenway decks run it, treating the Sieve as the payoff for all the treasure setup.
Ashnod the Uncaring
Ashnod the Uncaring doubles triggered abilities, which means any artifact-generating trigger feeding Time Sieve fires twice and halves the work needed to assemble five sacrifices. At 33% inclusion it's a reliable finisher in a deck already built around sacrificing artifacts for value.
Sharuum the Hegemon
Sharuum the Hegemon recurs artifacts from the graveyard, so Time Sieve can sacrifice the same pieces repeatedly without running the supply dry. About 24% of Sharuum decks include it as the bridge between artifact recursion and taking control of the game's tempo.
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 where Time Sieve actually lives — the format's multiplayer nature means extra turns are among the most powerful effects available, and artifact-token strategies are common enough to make five sacrifices a realistic ask. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant; five mana and five artifacts is too slow against a field of turn-one threats and free interaction. Modern has enough artifact support to make the cost theoretically achievable, but dedicated combo decks there have faster, more consistent lines. Oathbreaker is the sleeper format for Time Sieve: the lower life totals and smaller deck size mean a single loop can close games before anyone stabilizes.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Tivit, Seller of SecretsTime SieveAcademy Manufactor
Infinite turns; Near-infinite turns; Lock
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Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
There is no clean budget replacement for what Time Sieve does — taking extra turns for artifact sacrifice is a unique effect without a cheaper functional equivalent. The closest substitutes are one-time extra-turn spells like Temporal Trespass or Part the Waterveil, which cost less money but trade the repeatable loop for a single swing; you lose the inevitability but keep the game-ending threat.
Price Context
Current price
$9.19 mid tier
At $9.19, Time Sieve sits in the mid tier — expensive enough to feel like a deliberate include, cheap enough that it belongs in any deck that can actually use it. The price reflects genuine demand from Tivit and treasure-token builds rather than speculative hype, so it's a stable buy rather than a volatile one.
Explore
Sources
Mentioned
- Tivit, Seller of Secrets
- Francisco, Fowl Marauder // Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
- Edward Kenway
- Ashnod the Uncaring
- Sharuum the Hegemon
- Thopter Foundry
- Sword of the Meek
- Academy Manufactor
- Thopter Assembly
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.