Timetwister

Power 9 for Standard

What card of the "Power 9" is the closest to printable in a standard set?

Timetwister was the weakest of the nine, but that’s still not close to Standard power level.

Card Printing Power 9 Power Level Premier Sets Standard Timetwister

Timetwister in White?

Since it is an equalizing effect, would timetwister be in pie for white?

It would not.

Timetwister White

White's Symmetric Draw

Since white is getting symmetric draw, does that mean Timetwister effects are now in white? (Such as Once More With Feeling?)

We’re limiting how many cards are getting drawn as above a certain level, it’s too much like traditional card draw. So, no.

Card Draw Once More with Feeling Timetwister White

Fairness of Time Spiral

What makes timetwister, windfall, wheel of fortune unfair, but time spiral is fair?

Who said Time Spiral was fair?

Time Spiral Timetwister Wheel of Fortune Windfall

Wheel Effects Colors

I've been wondering about wheel effects and where it currently stands in the color pie. From what you've said here and recent cards; Red has 'winds of change' effect and sometime 'wheel of fortune' effect. Blue has 'windfall' effect and sometime 'timetwister' effect. Black has 'wheel' effect minus one and blue/black also has 'windfall'. Is this a correct assessment? why is this effect in so many colors?

It’s an effect that’s relatively infrequent that we’ve never nailed down. We should.

Black Blue Color Pie Colors Dimir (U/B) Red Timetwister Wheel of Fortune Windfall Winds of Change

Arcane Spell Possibility

Theoretically, could Time Walk, Ancestral Recall, & Timetwister be functionally reprinted as arcane spells ( even though it violates the "spirit" of the reserved list)

We’re not violating the spirit.

Ancestral Recall Card Printing Reprints Spells Spirit The Reserved List Time Walk Timetwister

Sol Ring Power Level

I agree with the idea of sol ring being quite powerful. Personally I'd disagree with as powerful as the P9, but I'd say close to right under it. Something something 4 of in every deck. Just tossing my hat in the ring no real question here.

I think Sol Ring is more powerful than Timetwister.

Sol Ring Timetwister

Dangerous Design Attempts

So, uh, after you got burned with fixed Ancestral Recall, why'd you go and make a fixed Timetwister?

R&D likes flirting with danger. : )

Ancestral Recall Timetwister

Time Spiral Naming

Did you ever consider naming Time Spiral- Timetwister?

I think that was actually one of the names on the list.

Time Spiral Timetwister

Standard Power Conservatism

It's strange to see things that are "too strong" for standard when you guys can easily set what is or isn't too strong for standard. I could imagine a standard where something like Timetwister isn't too good, but it seems like you guys are much, much more conservative than that.

Development aims for a specific power level for Standard so by definition certain cards and effects are “too strong for Standard”.

Power Level Standard Timetwister

Time Spiral Origins

Who designed Time Spiral (the card, not the set)?

I designer the free mechanic and William Jockusch thought of putting a Timetwister on it.

Mechanics Time Spiral Timetwister

Power 9 Reprint Odds

Which member of the Power 9 is the most likely to get a functional reprint in a Standard Legal set? I.e. Storm Scale of functional reprints of Power 9?

None for both Reserved List and power level reasons. Assuming recosting, Timetwister is the most likely to get redone with a cost closest to the original. Either that or moxes.

Card Printing Keyword Abilities Power 9 Power Level Reprints Standard Storm Scale The Reserved List Timetwister

Exhilarating Card Trade

Which Magic<\b> card trade was your most exhilarating one ?

Long, long ago, someone wanted my Volcanic Island to finish their set (this was back when Beta was just known as “Magic”). I didn’t want to give it up and said no, but I was the only Volcanic Island they had ever seen. They kept offering me more and more until I couldn’t say no. They traded me seventeen cards for my Volcanic Island including a Time Walk and Timetwister. That was a crazy trade, one I actually tried to stop.

Beta Offering Time Walk Timetwister Volcanic Island

Power Nine and NWO

New • 25 Aug 2013 • Asked by tsuyoshikentsu • 7 Comments

Follow-up to the Ancestral Recall question: Would NWO stop *any* of the Power Nine? They all seem very simple in execution; even Timetwister, the most complex of the bunch, seems NWO-compliant with its current reminder text in Oracle.

New World Order is about complexity at common. Ancestral Recall’s effect is a little pushed for common but possibly doable. Time Walk and Timetwister are way too big of effects for common. Both are also much more complex than Ancestral Recall. “Take an extra turn” might sound simple but it involves numerous steps. The Moxen and Black Lotus are like Ancestral Recall in that it isn’t their complexity keeping them out of common from a New World Order perspective.

Ancestral Recall Black Black Lotus Power 9 Time Walk Timetwister

Red-Green Timetwister

New • 25 Jan 2013 • Asked by tablegames-blog-blog • 2 Comments

So, with that being said about Winds of Change vs. Wheel of Fortune in red: could a Timetwister that only lets people redraw as many cards as they discarded be RG?

Probably. Note that when I said red isn’t about “card advantage” I meant when drawing cards. Red does mighty fine getting card advantage from its direct damage for example.

Card Draw Gruul (R/G) Red Timetwister Wheel of Fortune Winds of Change

Timetwister Color Identity

New • 24 Jan 2013 • Asked by zemyla • 6 Comments

Since red gets Wheel of Fortune and green can shuffle graveyards into libraries, could Timetwister be RG?

Red gets discard your hand and draw the same number. It hasn’t had Wheel of Fortune since, well, Alpha.

Alpha Discard Green Gruul (R/G) Red Shuffle The Library Timetwister Wheel of Fortune Your Hand

Editing Team Oversight

New • 24 Aug 2012 • Asked by dude1818 • 0 Comments

I noticed a typo on the Timetwister prize at the World Cup coming soon after Wit's End in M13. I think the editing team is slacking off! :P

The editing team was actually left out of the loop on it. They have asked to be included in the future so such things don’t happen again.

Timetwister Wit's End

Power 9 Reprint Possibility

New • 17 May 2012 • Asked by vultures-descend-blog • 5 Comments

will you ever do a power 9 from the vault

The Power 9 (Ancestral Recall, Black Lotus, Mox Emerald, Mox Jet, Mox Pearl, Mox Ruby, Mox Sapphire, Time Walk and Timetwister) are all on the Reserved List and thus cannot be reprinted (well, at least in paper).

Ancestral Recall Black Black Lotus Card Printing Mox Emerald Mox Jet Mox Pearl Mox Ruby Mox Sapphire Power 9 Reprints The Reserved List Time Walk Timetwister

Balancing Power 9

New • 25 Mar 2012 • Asked by ancient-chaos • 1 Comments

Assuming the power 9 weren't on the reserved list, do you think that R&D could make a balanced standard format around them? On that note, what about Sol Ring, since it is reprintable?

None of the Power 9 or Sol Ring are anything close to fair. Timetwister’s the closest.

Card Printing Game Design Power 9 Sol Ring Standard The Reserved List Timetwister

Power Nine Reprints

New • 29 Sep 2011 • Asked by projectgert-blog • 4 Comments

Any chance of reprinting the power 9(Timewalk, Timetwister, Ancestral Recall, Black Lotus and the 5 original moxes)? The 'From the Vault' seems like a pretty good platform to show off these old cards.

All of the Power Nine is on the Reserved List which we’ve promised never to reprint which means I don’t think we’ll be seeing From the Vault: Power Nine anytime soon.

Ancestral Recall Black Black Lotus Card Printing Power 9 Reprints The Reserved List Timetwister