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    Suspend

    Instant

    Suspend

    Illustrated by Lake Hurwitz

    EDHREC Rank #5,503
    Exile target creature and put two time counters on it. If it doesn't have suspend, it gains suspend. (At the beginning of its owner's upkeep, they remove a time counter. When the last is removed, they may play it without paying its mana cost. If it's a creature, it has haste.)

    Time moves in mysterious ways.

    Rulings (14)

    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.

    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

    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.

    Feb 2, 2024

    Legality

    Formats by platform

    Commander

    Competitive

    Community & retro

    Prints (4)

    Suspend — Modern Horizons 2
    MH2#68$0.46
    Modern Horizons 2
    Suspend — Magic Online Promos
    PRM#91243—
    Magic Online Promos