Suffer the Past
Instant
Suffer the Past
Instant
Card Text
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.
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 1
- Colors
- Black
- Color Identity
- Black
- EDHREC Rank
- #12,266
Format Legalities
Market Prices
Prices from TCGPlayer and Cardmarket
Price History (30d)
All Printings (23)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C) | #205 | uncommon | en | Trevor Claxton | $0.14 | — |
| Commander 2021 (C21) | #155 | uncommon | en | Trevor Claxton | $0.09 | — |
| Rise of the Eldrazi (ROE) | #128 | uncommon | en | Trevor Claxton | $0.11 | $0.68 |
| Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C) | #205 | uncommon | de | Trevor Claxton | — | — |
| Commander 2021 (C21) | #155 | uncommon | de | Trevor Claxton | — | — |
| Rise of the Eldrazi (ROE) | #128 | uncommon | de | Trevor Claxton | — | — |
| Commander 2021 (C21) | #155 | uncommon | es | Trevor Claxton | — | — |
| Rise of the Eldrazi (ROE) | #128 | uncommon | es | Trevor Claxton | — | — |
| Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C) | #205 | uncommon | fr | Trevor Claxton | — | — |
| Commander 2021 (C21) | #155 | uncommon | fr | Trevor Claxton | — | — |
| Rise of the Eldrazi (ROE) | #128 | uncommon | fr | Trevor Claxton | — | — |
| Commander 2021 (C21) | #155 | uncommon | it | Trevor Claxton | — | — |
| Rise of the Eldrazi (ROE) | #128 | uncommon | it | Trevor Claxton | — | — |
| Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C) | #205 | uncommon | ja | Trevor Claxton | — | — |
| Commander 2021 (C21) | #155 | uncommon | ja | Trevor Claxton | — | — |
| Rise of the Eldrazi (ROE) | #128 | uncommon | ja | Trevor Claxton | — | — |
| Commander 2021 (C21) | #155 | uncommon | pt | Trevor Claxton | — | — |
| Rise of the Eldrazi (ROE) | #128 | uncommon | pt | Trevor Claxton | — | — |
| Commander 2021 (C21) | #155 | uncommon | ru | Trevor Claxton | — | — |
| Rise of the Eldrazi (ROE) | #128 | uncommon | ru | Trevor Claxton | — | — |
| Commander 2021 (C21) | #155 | uncommon | zhs | Trevor Claxton | — | — |
| Rise of the Eldrazi (ROE) | #128 | uncommon | zhs | Trevor Claxton | — | — |
| Commander 2021 (C21) | #155 | uncommon | zht | Trevor Claxton | — | — |
Official Rulings (3)
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).
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.
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.
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