---
name: "Temporal Machinations"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "DOM"
set_name: "Dominaria"
collector_number: "271"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Zack Stella"
oracle_id: "f0adab66-c3fe-4989-b7c8-ab7bdc7f0fd1"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/temporal-machinations-dom"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Temporal Machinations
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Return target creature to its owner's hand. If you control an artifact, draw a card.

> *Le soldat de la Coterie cligna des yeux. Le jour avait soudain cédé la place à la nuit. Son visage était plein de duvet de chardon et le vieil homme avait disparu.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Temporal Adept](/printing/temporal-adept-8ed.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
2. [Symbol of Unsummoning](/printing/symbol-of-unsummoning-por.md) — Sorcery
3. [Repulse](/printing/repulse-wc02.md) — Instant
4. [Arrester's Admonition](/printing/arresters-admonition-rna.md) — Instant
5. [Drag Under](/printing/drag-under-emn.md) — Sorcery
6. [Crystal Shard](/printing/crystal-shard-plst.md) — Artifact

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Dominaria (DOM) #271
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Zack Stella
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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