Suffer the Past (Rise of the Eldrazi) - Gatherer

Suffer the Past

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Community Rating: 4.047 / 5 (86 votes)

Oracle Printed

Card Name:

Suffer the Past

Mana Cost:

Mana Value:

Types:

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.

Flavor Text:

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

Expansion:

Rise of the Eldrazi

Rarity:

Uncommon

All Sets:

Card Number:

128

Artist:

Trevor Claxton

Rulings

6/15/2010	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).
6/15/2010	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.
6/15/2010	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.