---
name: "Arc Blade"
mana_cost: "{3}{R}{R}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Suspend"]
set: "TSR"
set_name: "Time Spiral Remastered"
collector_number: "152"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Shishizaru"
oracle_id: "2c7c42e1-b097-4443-aa02-1f1dfcbb9732"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/arc-blade-tsr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Arc Blade
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{R}{R}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Suspend

## Oracle Text
Arc Blade deals 2 damage to any target. Exile Arc Blade with three time counters on it.
Suspend 3—{2}{R} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {2}{R} and exile it with three time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Rift Bolt](/printing/rift-bolt-sld.md) — Sorcery
2. [Arc Mage](/printing/arc-mage-nem.md) — Creature — Human Spellshaper
3. [Plunder](/printing/plunder-tsp.md) — Sorcery
4. [Keldon Halberdier](/printing/keldon-halberdier-plst.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
5. [Shivan Meteor](/printing/shivan-meteor-plc.md) — Sorcery
6. [Suspend](/printing/suspend-mh2.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) #152
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Shishizaru
- **Total Printings:** 19 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`