Timeless Witness
Creature — Human Shaman
When this creature enters, return target card from your graveyard to your hand.
Eternalize 
(, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie Human Shaman with no mana cost. Eternalize only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Modern Horizons 2
- Price
- $0.39
- EDHREC rank
- #1230
Timeless Witness enters, returns any card from your graveyard to hand, and then eternally recurs itself — the whole loop costs one extra mana each time you want to replay it. Doppelgang and similar copy effects turn that value drip into a flood; Henzie "Toolbox" Torre players blitz it in for two mana and still get the enter trigger, making it one of the cleaner value engines in Jund.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Henzie "Toolbox" Torre
Henzie "Toolbox" Torre blitzes Timeless Witness in for two mana, pockets a graveyard recursion immediately, and then has a self-recurring threat ready to recast whenever it dies — that loop fits exactly what the deck wants from every creature slot.
Teval, the Balanced Scale
Teval, the Balanced Scale values creatures that want to flip between zones, and Timeless Witness self-perpetuates through the graveyard while recovering whatever spell Teval needs most on any given turn.
Lumra, Bellow of the Woods
Lumra, Bellow of the Woods mills heavily and rewards you for having creatures in the yard, so Timeless Witness does double duty as a mill target that never actually disappears from the game plan.
Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis needs a deep graveyard to cast itself and keep coming back, and Timeless Witness is a creature that actively refuels the yard count while recovering key pieces the deck has already used.
Sidisi, Brood Tyrant
Sidisi, Brood Tyrant mills on every attack and wants a graveyard full of creatures to maximize Zombie production; Timeless Witness mills into the yard naturally, generates a token when Sidisi triggers over it, and then loops back to do it again.
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 Timeless Witness earns its keep — the long game and graveyard-friendly rules mean you will recur it multiple times in a single session, turning a four-mana 3/3 into an engine that never fully goes away. In Legacy and Vintage it is legal but largely invisible; the formats move too fast for a four-mana creature with no immediate board impact to matter, and Eternal Witness already fills the one-shot recursion role more efficiently in those 60-card shells. Modern is the one non-rotating format where Timeless Witness sees occasional niche play in self-mill or reanimator builds that want the eternal loop as a resilient late-game value piece, though it sits well below the staple tier there. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander dynamic on a smaller scale — if your signature spell lands in the graveyard, Timeless Witness fetches it back and then queues up to do it again.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
DoppelgangTimeless Witness
Infinite ETB; Infinite storm count; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite landfall triggers; Infinite copies of all permanents; Infinite mana permanents you control can produce; Return all cards from your graveyard to your hand
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Ghostly FlickerPeregrine DrakeTimeless Witness
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite storm count; Infinite mana lands you control can produce; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite blinking; Infinite landfall triggers; Infinite untap of lands you control
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Kotis, Sibsig ChampionAltar of DementiaTimeless Witness
Near-infinite turns; Lock
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DisplacePeregrine DrakeTimeless Witness
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite storm count; Infinite mana lands you control can produce; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite blinking; Infinite landfall triggers; Infinite untap of lands you control
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Rise of the Dark RealmsPhyrexian AltarTimeless Witness
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite colored mana; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite storm count; Infinite magecraft triggers; Return all creature cards from all graveyards to the battlefield under your control
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Current price
$0.39 bulk tier
At $0.39, Timeless Witness is firmly bulk, and the price reflects its wide printing rather than low demand — it sees play in tens of thousands of Commander decks. It is unlikely to spike absent a reprint shortage, which makes it a zero-stress pickup at any volume.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.