Trial of a Time Lord
Enchantment — Saga
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after IV.)
I, II, III — Exile target nontoken creature an opponent controls until this Saga leaves the battlefield.
IV — Starting with you, each player votes for innocent or guilty. If guilty gets more votes, the owner of each card exiled with this Saga puts that card on the bottom of their library.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Doctor Who
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #10183
Trial of a Time Lord exiles everything your opponents control — creatures, artifacts, enchantments, planeswalkers, the lot — making it one of the most comprehensive board wipes ever printed. The cost is steep enough that you need a dedicated shell to cast it, but Garnet, Princess of Alexandria turns that cost into a feature rather than a bug.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Garnet, Princess of Alexandria
Garnet, Princess of Alexandria is built to cast high-cost spells, and Trial of a Time Lord is exactly the payoff that justifies the whole engine — a one-card reset that leaves nothing behind.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Trial of a Time Lord actually lives. The card is legal in Legacy and Vintage as well, but those formats move too fast and run too much interaction for a slow, expensive board wipe to find a home outside of a meme build. In Commander, the multiplayer math changes the calculus entirely — wiping three opponents' boards simultaneously turns a prohibitive cost into a fair exchange, especially in a deck built around cost reduction or big-mana payoffs. Oathbreaker is legal but shares the same problem as Legacy: the format's lower life totals and faster clock rarely give you the time.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Pricing data for Trial of a Time Lord isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or your preferred retailer for the latest number. Given how niche the card's casting requirements are, don't expect high demand to inflate it — but foil and special treatments on a splashy Doctor Who crossover rare can behave unpredictably.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.