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Suffer the Past

3 printings listed in our catalog, from newest to oldest.

Suffer the Past, Modern Horizons 3 Commander printing

Modern Horizons 3 Commander M3C · No. 205 2024-06-14

Card text

Instant

Exile X target cards from target player's graveyard. For each card exiled this way, that player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Ulamog's tentacles, their touch like burning ice, rummaged through his soul and stung his memories one by one.

EDHREC rank #13411 Uncommon Not on the Reserved List

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Standard ∅ Not legal

Pioneer ∅ Not legal

Modern ✓ Legal

Legacy ✓ Legal

Vintage ✓ Legal

Pauper ∅ Not legal

Commander ✓ Legal

Oathbreaker ✓ Legal

Brawl ∅ Not legal

Historic ∅ Not legal

Timeless ∅ Not legal

Alchemy ∅ Not legal

Explorer ∅ Not legal

Gladiator ∅ Not legal

Penny ∅ Not legal

Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

3 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

The life that’s lost and the life that’s gained are based on the number of cards that are actually exiled, not on the value of X (in case any of the targeted cards somehow leave the graveyard in response and thus can’t be exiled this way).

2010-06-15 · Wizards of the Coast

If the targeted player becomes an illegal target by the time Suffer the Past resolves but the targeted cards don’t, you still exile the cards and gain life. The player won’t be lose any life, though.

2010-06-15 · Wizards of the Coast

Suffer the Past’s effect causes a single life-gain event, not a number of separate ones. This matters for cards such as Cradle of Vitality.

2010-06-15 · Wizards of the Coast