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Time Stretch

Sorcery

Target player takes two extra turns after this one.

CMC
10
Mana cost
{8}{U}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
rare
Set
Odyssey
Price
$6.83
EDHREC rank
#3027
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Time Stretch card art
Time Stretch hands you two consecutive turns for ten mana — that is the entire conversation. It is expensive enough that decks without reliable cost reduction or extra-turn loops rarely bother, but in shells like Narset, Enlightened Master that cast it for free, or any list that can recur it with Ghostly Flicker tricks, it functions as a near-unconditional win condition.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Narset, Enlightened Master

Narset, Enlightened Master

50.2% of decks · synergy 0.49

Narset, Enlightened Master attacks, exiles the top four cards, and casts Time Stretch for free — two extra turns off a single combat step is exactly the kind of runaway advantage the deck is built to generate.

02
Jhoira of the Ghitu

Jhoira of the Ghitu

46.0% of decks · synergy 0.43

Jhoira of the Ghitu suspends Time Stretch for two mana, sidestepping the ten-mana barrier entirely and letting the deck develop its board before the extra turns arrive.

03
Hidetsugu and Kairi

Hidetsugu and Kairi

43.1% of decks · synergy 0.42

When Hidetsugu and Kairi dies, its trigger puts Time Stretch directly onto the stack for free if it's on top of the library — a reanimation shell that sets up the trigger turns a single death into two bonus turns.

04
Will, Scion of Peace

Will, Scion of Peace

29.7% of decks · synergy 0.28

Will, Scion of Peace reduces spell costs based on life gained, and a well-timed reduction can make Time Stretch castable several turns ahead of schedule.

05
Elminster

Elminster

28.2% of decks · synergy 0.27

Elminster generates scry and spell-copy effects that let the deck find and then copy Time Stretch, turning one expensive extra-turn spell into a chain.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Time Stretch is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its competitive footprint outside Commander is essentially zero — ten mana is a game-ending investment in slower formats and a non-starter in Legacy or Vintage where cheaper, more explosive lines exist. Commander is where it actually lives, specifically in high-powered lists that cheat on mana costs or loop spells. Oathbreaker can theoretically support it if the signature spell or planeswalker enables cost reduction, but the 60-card format's faster clock makes it marginal there too.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Taking an Extra Turn and Time Warp both grant a single extra turn for five mana, cutting the cost in half at the trade-off of giving you one turn instead of two. If the goal is chaining turns rather than a single two-turn burst, those single-turn spells are strictly more efficient per dollar and easier to slot into decks that can't reliably cast Time Stretch at full price.

Price Context

Current price

$6.83 mid tier

At $6.83, Time Stretch sits in the mid-tier range — affordable enough that it belongs in any deck that genuinely wants it, not a budget concession. Reprint history has kept the price from climbing, so it is unlikely to spike dramatically, but it is also not the kind of card that trends cheaper over time given steady Commander demand.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.