---
name: "Sands of Time"
mana_cost: "{4}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "VIS"
set_name: "Visions"
collector_number: "153"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Paul Lee"
oracle_id: "c8f69b48-a3b2-4324-852d-11fad19d6432"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sands-of-time-vis"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Sands of Time
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
Each player skips their untap step.
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player simultaneously untaps each tapped artifact, creature, and land they control and taps each untapped artifact, creature, and land they control.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Unwinding Clock](/printing/unwinding-clock-plst.md) — Artifact
2. [Stasis](/printing/stasis-30a.md) — Enchantment
3. [Clock of Omens](/printing/clock-of-omens-5dn.md) — Artifact
4. [Turnabout](/printing/turnabout-dmr.md) — Instant
5. [Toils of Night and Day](/printing/toils-of-night-and-day-bok.md) — Instant — Arcane
6. [Temporal Distortion](/printing/temporal-distortion-inv.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Visions (VIS) #153
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Paul Lee
- **Total Printings:** 9 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`