---
name: "Telling Time"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "RAV"
set_name: "Ravnica: City of Guilds"
collector_number: "69"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Scott M. Fischer"
oracle_id: "192f3c8a-1120-4f7f-ae0f-fe9bde59cd08"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/telling-time-rav"
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.

> *La maîtrise est atteinte quand « l'heure révélatrice » devient « l'heure révélatrice de ce qu'il faut faire. »*

## 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:** Ravnica: City of Guilds (RAV) #69
- **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`