---
name: "Telling Time"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "GK1"
set_name: "GRN Guild Kit"
collector_number: "4"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Scott M. Fischer"
oracle_id: "192f3c8a-1120-4f7f-ae0f-fe9bde59cd08"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/telling-time-gk1"
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.

> *Mastery is achieved when "telling time" becomes "telling time what to do."*

## 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:** GRN Guild Kit (GK1) #4
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **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`