---
name: "The Parting of the Ways"
mana_cost: "{4}{R}{R}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Enchantment — Saga"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Time Travel"]
set: "WHO"
set_name: "Doctor Who"
collector_number: "91"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Syd Mills"
oracle_id: "58d5b285-eb0c-4478-b137-26a897075f70"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/the-parting-of-the-ways-who"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# The Parting of the Ways
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{R}{R}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Saga
- **Keywords:** Time Travel

## Oracle Text
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Exile the top five cards of your library. For each nonland card exiled this way, put a number of time counters on that card equal to its mana value. If it doesn't have suspend, it gains suspend.
II — Time travel, then time travel.
III — For each opponent, destroy up to one target artifact that player controls.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [The City on the Edge of Forever](/printing/the-city-on-the-edge-of-forever-trk.md) — Enchantment — Saga
2. [Fall of the First Civilization](/printing/fall-of-the-first-civilization-acr.md) — Enchantment — Saga
3. [The Wedding of River Song](/printing/the-wedding-of-river-song-who.md) — Sorcery
4. [The Flux](/printing/the-flux-who.md) — Enchantment — Saga
5. [The Girl in the Fireplace](/printing/the-girl-in-the-fireplace-who.md) — Enchantment — Saga
6. [Trial of a Time Lord](/printing/trial-of-a-time-lord-who.md) — Enchantment — Saga

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Doctor Who (WHO) #91
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Syd Mills
- **Total Printings:** 5 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`