Gandalf of the Secret Fire

Legendary Creature — Avatar Wizard

Illustrated by Matt Stewart

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EDHREC Rank #13,165

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell from your hand during an opponent's turn, exile that card with three time counters on it instead of putting it into your graveyard as it resolves. Then if the exiled card doesn't have suspend, it gains suspend. (At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may play it without paying its mana cost.)

Rulings (14)

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.

Feb 2, 2024

If the spell requires any targets, those targets are chosen when the spell is finally cast, not when it's exiled.

Feb 2, 2024

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.

Feb 2, 2024