Suffer the Past: Graveyard Exile with Life Swing
Suffer the Past is a black instant that scales with X. 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. The effect is straightforward: deny the graveyard engine and gain a small life swing as you push through the midgame. It plays well in graveyard‑heavy matchups and in control shells that want a reliable answer to recurring threats.
The art shows a pale figure tangled in dark tendrils, a stark reminder of memory pulled apart. In Commander: Modern Horizons 3, this card offers practical graveyard disruption with a measured life swing, rewarding careful X calculations and patient tool-use at the table.
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Mana Cost – {X}{B}
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Card Type – Instant
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – 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.
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