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Suffer the Past

{X}{B}

Instant

C21Commander 2021#155uncommon

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

Border
black
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster
Illustrator
Trevor Claxton
Found in
Commander 2021 Commander Deck Witherbloom Witchcraft Minimal Packaging · Commander 2021 Commander Deck Witherbloom Witchcraft
Printings3
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
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.

Plays as: Drain · X Spell

Market · per finishspark updated 11h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.27
$0.05 low$0.04 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.16· across 3 printings

Rulings

3 · latest Jun 15, 2010 · one tap opens all
  • WotCJun 15, 2010

    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.

  • WotCJun 15, 2010

    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.

  • WotCJun 15, 2010

    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).