Hourglass of the Lost Extended Art
Hourglass of the Lost is a compact white aligned artifact that costs {2}{W}. In play it offers a steady stream of white mana and increments time counters to unlock bigger plays later. The first ability taps to generate a single white mana and place a time counter on Hourglass of the Lost, signaling growing clockwork potential. The second ability uses X time counters as a cost to exile the artifact and return each nonland permanent card with mana value X from your graveyard to the battlefield, only at sorcery speed. Practically, you pace your power curve by stacking counters and leveraging graveyard value for sharper late game impact. It’s a tool built for careful sequencing and inching forward through the turns rather than big splashy plays from the start.
The Extended Art presentation frames the device as a relic of time itself, its glass housing catching the light as sands shift through a forgotten moment. In a Commander setting, the card supports decks that value graveyard recursion and value-based reanimation, offering a method to retrieve exactly what you need when you need it. The design rewards patient planning: you accumulate counters, then exhale power back into the battlefield in a controlled, targeted burst. Hourglass of the Lost fits into a strategy that blends attrition, efficiency, and timely reanimation to stabilize the board and close out games on your terms.
Card Details:
- Mana Cost – {2}{W}
- Card Type – Artifact
- Subtypes – None
- Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Tap: Add {W}. Put a time counter on Hourglass of the Lost. Tap, Remove X time counters from Hourglass of the Lost and exile it: Return each nonland permanent card with mana value X from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.
- Power / Toughness – N/A
