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Teferi, Temporal Archmage

Teferi, Temporal Archmage

Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi

Teferi wants a deck that plays lots of planeswalkers and keeps them safe. It leads the ready-made Peer Through Time deck (2014).

  • Mana cost4 genericblueblue
  • Blue ()
  • Loyalty5
  • RarityMythic

+1: Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the other on the bottom of your library.

−1: Untap up to four target permanents.

−10: You get an emblem with "You may activate loyalty abilities of planeswalkers you control on any player's turn any time you could cast an instant."

Teferi, Temporal Archmage can be your commander.

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Archetypes

Cards That Fit Teferi, Temporal Archmage

Picked for what they do in Teferi's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Teferi's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

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Decks Led by Teferi, Temporal Archmage

Teferi leads a ready-made deck.PreconShort for preconstructed deck: a ready-to-play deck sold in a box by Wizards of the Coast. A Commander precon comes with its commander and all 100 cards, so you can play it straight away and change cards later.Open the full glossary

Rulings for Teferi, Temporal Archmage

explain how Teferi works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary

Wizards of the Coast 7 Nov 2014

If you control Teferi’s emblem, the rule that says you can activate a loyalty ability only if none of that permanent’s loyalty abilities have been activated that turn still applies. In other words, you could activate a planeswalker’s loyalty ability once on your turn and once on each of your opponents’ turns.

Wizards of the Coast 7 Nov 2014

If you control The Chain Veil (from the Magic 2015 core set) and its activated ability has resolved, and you also control Teferi’s emblem, for each planeswalker you control, you can activate one of its loyalty abilities during that turn any time you could cast an instant, and then you may activate a loyalty ability again that turn (choosing the same loyalty ability or a different one) any time you could cast an instant.

2 rulings, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

Similar Commanders

Commanders that share the most with Teferi, and what they share.

Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryUPlayers write colors as letters: U for blue. Blue is U because B was already taken by black.SuperfriendsSuperfriends decks play lots of planeswalkers and protect them so they can use their abilities turn after turn. A planeswalker stays in play and uses one ability each turn by adding or removing loyalty counters; opponents can attack it to knock those counters off.Open the Superfriends pageFlash EnablerLets you cast things at instant speed, including on other players' turns. Holding up mana and deciding later is a real advantage. Leyline of Anticipation, Emergence ZoneOpen the Flash Enabler pagePlaneswalker PayoffRewards you for having planeswalkers. A planeswalker is an ally that stays in play and uses one ability each turn by adding or removing loyalty counters. These cards protect your planeswalkers, give them extra loyalty, or let you use their abilities more often.Open the Planeswalker Payoff pageUntapperUntaps permanents. Untapping a land or a mana-producing artifact effectively lets you spend that mana twice in a turn, which is why untap effects turn up in so many infinite combos. Seedborn MuseOpen the Untapper pageCommander / Lieutenants MatterCards that get better while your commander is on the battlefield. Lieutenant is the keyword for it: those creatures gain a bonus as long as you control your commander.Open the Commander / Lieutenants Matter pageDrawDraws you extra cards. More cards means more choices every turn, and in a 100-card deck it is the main way to find the pieces you need. Rhystic Study, SkullclampOpen the Draw pageCard SelectionImproves what you draw rather than how much: you look at the top few cards of your library and decide what stays on top. Ponder lets you rearrange the top three, Serum Visions lets you scry, and Consider lets you surveil. It makes your draws more reliable without giving you extra cards.Open the Card Selection pageLibrary ManipulationCards that let you look at, rearrange or play from the top of your deck, so you control what you draw next.Open the Library Manipulation page