---
name: "Decaying Time Loop"
mana_cost: "{3}{R}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Retrace"]
set: "WHO"
set_name: "Doctor Who"
collector_number: "80"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Alexander Gering"
oracle_id: "13e94530-defb-4c9b-9ec7-bb7789ec2630"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/decaying-time-loop-who"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Decaying Time Loop
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{R}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Retrace

## Oracle Text
Discard all the cards in your hand, then draw that many cards.
Retrace (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a land card in addition to paying its other costs.)

> *« Nous essayons, ça ne marche pas. Alors nous réessayons. Nous apprenons, nous nous améliorons, nous échouons encore, mais en mieux. »
—Le Treizième Docteur*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Shattered Perception](/printing/shattered-perception-dka.md) — Sorcery
2. [Heartwarming Redemption](/printing/heartwarming-redemption-war.md) — Instant
3. [Tolarian Winds](/printing/tolarian-winds-7ed.md) — Instant
4. [Change of Fortune](/printing/change-of-fortune-vow.md) — Sorcery
5. [Faithless Salvaging](/printing/faithless-salvaging-mh2.md) — Instant
6. [Recoil](/printing/recoil-dmr.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Doctor Who (WHO) #80
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Alexander Gering
- **Total Printings:** 5 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`