---
name: "Telling Time"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "C18"
set_name: "Commander 2018"
collector_number: "105"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Scott M. Fischer"
oracle_id: "192f3c8a-1120-4f7f-ae0f-fe9bde59cd08"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/telling-time-c18"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Telling Time
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of those cards into your hand, one on top of your library, and one on the bottom of your library.

> *「時間の把握」が「時間の掌握」になった時が熟達したと言える時だ。*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Moment of Truth](/printing/moment-of-truth-mom.md) — Instant
2. [Anticipate](/printing/anticipate-m20.md) — Instant
3. [See the Truth](/printing/see-the-truth-pm21.md) — Sorcery
4. [Glimpse the Future](/printing/glimpse-the-future-m14.md) — Sorcery
5. [Sensei's Divining Top](/printing/senseis-divining-top-chk.md) — Artifact
6. [Tezzeret's Reckoning](/printing/tezzerets-reckoning-yone.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander 2018 (C18) #105
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Scott M. Fischer
- **Total Printings:** 41 across all historical editions

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