Sands of Time is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Each player skips their untap step. At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player simultaneously untaps each tapped artifact, creature, and land they control and taps each untapped artifact, creature, and land they control.
How it works : Sands of Time
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
You can tap lands for mana before Sands of Time toggles your permanents. The mana you gain is available during your upkeep step, but it will disappear before your draw step if you don't spend it. You cannot save it to be spent on the card you will draw this turn.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
Skipping the untap step means that phased out cards won't phase in, and permanents with phasing won't phase out.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
This card still affects players when it is tapped.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Strionic Resonator + Sands of Time
- 1At the beginning of your upkeep, Sands of Time triggers.
- 2Holding priority, activate any number of permanents you control by tapping them, adding at least
. - 3Activate Strionic Resonator by paying
and tapping it, copying Sands of Time's ability. - 4Resolve the copy of Sands of Time's ability, untapping all tapped artifacts, creatures and lands you control and tapping all untapped artifacts, creatures, and lands you control.
- 5Repeat from step 2.
Lithoform Engine + Sands of Time
- 1At the beginning of your upkeep, Sands of Time triggers.
- 2Holding priority, activate any number of permanents you control by tapping them, adding at least .
- 3Activate Lithoform Engine by paying and tapping it, copying Sands of Time's ability.
- 4Resolve the copy of Sands of Time's ability, untapping all tapped artifacts, creatures and lands you control and tapping all untapped artifacts, creatures, and lands you control.
- 5Repeat from step 2.
Awakening + Sands of Time
- 1At the beginning of each upkeep, Awakening and Sands of Time trigger.
- 2If it is your turn, resolve the Sands of Time trigger, untapping each tapped permanent and tapping each untapped permanent.
- 3Resolve the Awakening trigger, untapping all creatures and lands.
- 4If it is not your turn, resolve the Sands of Time trigger, untapping each tapped permanent and tapping each untapped permanent.
- 5Repeat during each turn.
Tawnos, Urza's Apprentice + Sands of Time
- 1At the beginning of the upkeep step, Sands of Time triggers.
- 2In response, tap all of your mana producing permanents.
- 3Activate Tawnos, copying the Sands of Time trigger.
- 4Let the copy resolve, untapping all your creatures, lands, and artifacts.
- 5Repeat from step 2.
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