---
name: "Inspiring Refrain"
mana_cost: "{4}{U}{U}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Suspend"]
set: "C21"
set_name: "Commander 2021"
collector_number: "354"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Izzy"
oracle_id: "1773c4e8-dc08-482a-9f26-30ef96c5b200"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/inspiring-refrain-c21"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Inspiring Refrain
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{U}{U}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Suspend

## Oracle Text
Draw two cards. Exile Inspiring Refrain with three time counters on it.
Suspend 3—{2}{U} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {2}{U} 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. [Rousing Refrain](/printing/rousing-refrain-prm.md) — Sorcery
2. [Ancestral Vision](/printing/ancestral-vision-jvc.md) — Sorcery
3. [Suspend](/printing/suspend-mh2.md) — Instant
4. [Inspiration](/printing/inspiration-6ed.md) — Instant
5. [Ecstatic Beauty](/printing/ecstatic-beauty-who.md) — Sorcery
6. [Counsel of the Soratami](/printing/counsel-of-the-soratami-10e.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander 2021 (C21) #354
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Izzy
- **Total Printings:** 25 across all historical editions

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