---
name: "Mindstab"
mana_cost: "{5}{B}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Suspend"]
set: "TSP"
set_name: "Time Spiral"
collector_number: "119"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Mark Tedin"
oracle_id: "338c06ec-47b5-47e7-9fe1-39ff381b36a5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/mindstab-tsp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Mindstab
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{B}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Suspend

## Oracle Text
Target player discards three cards.
Suspend 4—{B} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {B} and exile it with four 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. [Resurgent Belief](/printing/resurgent-belief-pmh2.md) — Sorcery
2. [Ith, High Arcanist](/printing/ith-high-arcanist-plst.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
3. [Search for Tomorrow](/printing/search-for-tomorrow-cmr.md) — Sorcery
4. [Lotus Bloom](/printing/lotus-bloom-plst.md) — Artifact
5. [Atraxi Warden](/printing/atraxi-warden-who.md) — Creature — Alien Eye
6. [Gaea's Will](/printing/gaeas-will-pmh2.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Time Spiral (TSP) #119
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Mark Tedin
- **Total Printings:** 20 across all historical editions

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