Clockspinning
~$0.42 low · ~$22.50 high
Blue. Instant

Doctor Who #215 · Illustrated by Thanh Tuấn
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Oracle text
Buyback (You may pay an additional
as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
Choose a counter on target permanent or suspended card. Remove that counter from that permanent or card or put another of those counters on it.
Format legality
All 3 printings of Clockspinning
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Doctor Who who #215· 2023common· Cardmarket €0.24 · €0.98 foil | common | $1.08 | $5.55 | €0.24€0.98 foil | |
Doctor Who who #806· 2023Surge Foilcommon· Cardmarket €10.45 foil | common | No non-foil printing | $18.73 | €10.45 foil | |
Time Spiral tsp #53· 2006common· Cardmarket €0.28 · €4.49 foil | common | $0.42 | $22.50 | €0.28€4.49 foil |
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Where to buy Clockspinning
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Card details
- First printed
- 2006
- Printings
- 3
- Mana value
- 1
- EDHREC rank
- #4,316 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Buyback
- Artists
- Thanh Tuấn, Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Doctor Who card (#215).
0215 · WHO · C · EN
- 0215Collector number: this card's place in the set list.
- WHOSet code for Doctor Who
- CCommon
- ENPrinted in English
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Rulings (15)
2006-09-25
If the target is a permanent and it has no counter on it when Clockspinning resolves, nothing happens.
2006-09-25
Clockspinning can affect any kind of counter, not just a time counter. The type of counter isn't chosen until resolution. Whether to add or remove a counter isn't chosen until resolution.
2024-02-02
If the card has
in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
2024-02-02
Suspend is a keyword that represents three abilities. The first is a static ability that allows you to exile the card from your hand with the specified number of time counters (the number before the dash) on it by paying its suspend cost (listed after the dash). The second is a triggered ability that removes a time counter from the suspended card at the beginning of each of your upkeeps. The third is a triggered ability that gives you the option to cast the card when the last time counter is removed.
2024-02-02
Due to a recent rules change to suspend, you are no longer required to cast the suspended card as the second triggered ability of suspend resolves. Instead, as the second triggered ability resolves, you may cast the card. Timing permissions based on the card's type are ignored. If you don't cast the card, it remains exiled with no time counters on it, and it's no longer suspended.
2024-02-02
If you cast a card "without paying its mana cost," such as with suspend, you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those if you want to cast the card.
2024-02-02
If an effect refers to a "suspended card," that means a card that (1) has suspend, (2) is in exile, and (3) has one or more time counters on it.
2024-02-02
If the first triggered ability of suspend (the one that removes time counters) is countered, no time counter is removed. The ability will trigger again at the beginning of the card's owner's next upkeep.
2024-02-02
If the second triggered ability is countered, the card can't be cast. It remains exiled with no time counters on it, and it's no longer suspended.
2024-02-02
If the spell requires any targets, those targets are chosen when the spell is finally cast, not when it's exiled.
2024-02-02
The mana value of a spell cast without paying its mana cost is determined by its mana cost, even though that cost wasn't paid.
2024-02-02
You can exile a card in your hand using suspend any time you could cast that card. Consider its card type, any effects that modify when you could cast it (such as flash) and any other effects that stop you from casting it (such as from Meddling Mage's ability) to determine if and when you can do this. Whether you could actually complete all steps in casting the card is irrelevant. For example, you can exile a card with suspend that has no mana cost or that requires a target even if no legal targets are available at that time.
2024-02-02
Exiling a card with suspend isn't casting that card. This action doesn't use the stack and can't be responded to.
2024-02-02
Cards exiled with suspend are exiled face up.
2024-02-02
When the last time counter is removed, the second triggered ability of suspend (the one that lets you cast the card) triggers. It doesn't matter why the last time counter was removed or what effect removed it.
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