Turntimber Sower — ruling 1

If multiple land cards are put into your graveyard at once, Turntimber Sower's first ability triggers only once. This could happen because an effect put them there from your library at once, or because they were destroyed at the same time (such as two land creatures that were dealt lethal combat damage), for example.

Turntimber Sower : règles, fonctionnement et interactions (MTG)

Turntimber Sower 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

Whenever one or more land cards are put into your graveyard from anywhere, create a 0/1 green Plant creature token. , Sacrifice three creatures: Return target land card from your graveyard to your hand.

Complete guide

Turntimber Sower is a versatile Elf Druid that bridges the gap between your graveyard and the battlefield. By turning fallen lands into fresh life and recycling your resources, it ensures your botanical engine never stops growing. Whether you are discarding, milling, or sacrificing lands, this creature provides the utility needed to maintain momentum.

Creating a Garden

The first ability of Turntimber Sower is a triggered ability that watches for land cards entering your graveyard from anywhere. This includes lands destroyed on the battlefield, discarded from your hand, or milled from your library. Note that this is a 'one or more' trigger; if three lands are destroyed by a single spell, you only create one 0/1 green Plant creature token.

Recycling the Land

The second ability is an activated ability that costs one green mana and the sacrifice of three creatures. In exchange, you return a target land card from your graveyard to your hand. Because the Plant tokens created by its first ability are creatures, you can often use the very tokens the Sower generated to fuel this recursion, allowing you to reclaim powerful utility lands or ensure you never miss a land drop.

Strategic Timing

To maximize Turntimber Sower, you should aim to trigger its token generation every turn. Since the ability triggers 'from anywhere,' you can use fetch lands or discard outlets to generate blockers during an opponent's turn. Remember that Turntimber Sower can be one of the three creatures sacrificed to pay for its own activated ability if necessary.

Interaction examples

Generating Tokens

Plant

If a land you control is destroyed, Turntimber Sower sees the land card hit the graveyard and its ability triggers. Once the trigger resolves, you put a 0/1 green Plant creature token onto the battlefield. This provides a defensive blocker or fodder for future abilities.

Recycling Sacrificed Creatures

Sakura-Tribe Elder

If you sacrifice Sakura-Tribe Elder to search for a basic land, the Elder goes to the graveyard. Later, if a land card enters your graveyard, Turntimber Sower creates a Plant. You can then spend one green mana and sacrifice the Plant, the Turntimber Sower itself, and another creature to return a land card to your hand, though sacrificing the Sower means you won't get more tokens until you play another one.

Managing Multiple Land Deaths

Solemn Simulacrum

If an opponent plays a spell that destroys both your Solemn Simulacrum and two of your lands simultaneously, Turntimber Sower's ability triggers only once because the lands entered the graveyard at the same time. You will receive one Plant token. You can then use the Solemn Simulacrum's death trigger to draw a card, potentially finding another land to keep the cycle going.

Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.

How it works : Turntimber Sower

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

#1July 13, 2018· Wizards of the Coast
If multiple land cards are put into your graveyard at once, Turntimber Sower's first ability triggers only once. This could happen because an effect put them there from your library at once, or because they were destroyed at the same time (such as two land creatures that were dealt lethal combat damage), for example.
No other card is named in this ruling.