---
name: "Delay"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "TSR"
set_name: "Time Spiral Remastered"
collector_number: "61"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Svetlin Velinov"
oracle_id: "983caa3f-7089-4e66-825d-4086a5adb9bb"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/delay-tsr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Delay
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Counter target spell. If the spell is countered this way, exile it with three time counters on it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard. If it doesn't have suspend, it gains suspend. (At the beginning of its owner's upkeep, they remove a time counter. When the last is removed, they may play it without paying its mana cost. If it's a creature, it has haste.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Suspend](/printing/suspend-mh2.md) — Instant
2. [Ertai's Meddling](/printing/ertais-meddling-plst.md) — Instant
3. [Gandalf of the Secret Fire](/printing/gandalf-of-the-secret-fire-ltc.md) — Legendary Creature — Avatar Wizard
4. [Sinister Concierge](/printing/sinister-concierge-pncc.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
5. [Jhoira of the Ghitu](/printing/jhoira-of-the-ghitu-fut.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
6. [Dissipate](/printing/dissipate-wc97.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) #61
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Svetlin Velinov
- **Total Printings:** 21 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`