---
name: "Time Machine"
mana_cost: "{5}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "UNH"
set_name: "Unhinged"
collector_number: "128"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "John Avon"
oracle_id: "af95c483-a418-4458-a599-0b70e97ec48c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/time-machine-unh"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Time Machine
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
{T}: Exile this artifact and target nontoken creature you own. Return them to the battlefield at the beginning of your upkeep on your turn X in the next game you play with one of your opponents in this game, where X is the mana value of the exiled creature.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Conjurer's Closet](/printing/conjurers-closet-c13.md) — Artifact
2. [Voyager Staff](/printing/voyager-staff-ddu.md) — Artifact
3. [Cold Storage](/printing/cold-storage-plst.md) — Artifact
4. [Temporal Machinations](/printing/temporal-machinations-dom.md) — Sorcery
5. [Tawnos's Coffin](/printing/tawnoss-coffin-prm.md) — Artifact
6. [Synod Sanctum](/printing/synod-sanctum-mrd.md) — Artifact

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Unhinged (UNH) #128
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** John Avon
- **Total Printings:** 2 across all historical editions

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