---
name: "Phthisis"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}{B}{B}"
cmc: 7
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Suspend"]
set: "AFC"
set_name: "Forgotten Realms Commander"
collector_number: "105"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Carl Critchlow"
oracle_id: "530f088d-bfa1-4410-b1aa-ade8abdb2b7a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/phthisis-afc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Phthisis
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{B}{B}{B}` (CMC: 7)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Suspend

## Oracle Text
Destroy target creature. Its controller loses life equal to its power plus its toughness.
Suspend 5—{1}{B} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {1}{B} and exile it with five 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. [Suspended Sentence](/printing/suspended-sentence-dsc.md) — Instant
2. [Roiling Horror](/printing/roiling-horror-plc.md) — Creature — Horror
3. [Sip of Hemlock](/printing/sip-of-hemlock-ths.md) — Sorcery
4. [Withering Torment](/printing/withering-torment-msc.md) — Instant
5. [Certain Death](/printing/certain-death-j22.md) — Sorcery
6. [Eviscerate](/printing/eviscerate-dom.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) #105
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Carl Critchlow
- **Total Printings:** 36 across all historical editions

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