---
name: "Reality Strobe"
mana_cost: "{4}{U}{U}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Suspend"]
set: "FUT"
set_name: "Future Sight"
collector_number: "43"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Dan Murayama Scott"
oracle_id: "2097ac9e-0f9b-4cd0-8537-2518195e4549"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/reality-strobe-fut"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
Return target permanent to its owner's hand. Exile Reality Strobe 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. [Venser's Diffusion](/printing/vensers-diffusion-fut.md) — Instant
2. [Suspend](/printing/suspend-mh2.md) — Instant
3. [Temporal Adept](/printing/temporal-adept-8ed.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Deny Reality](/printing/deny-reality-pc2.md) — Sorcery
5. [Regress](/printing/regress-roe.md) — Instant
6. [Lost in the Mist](/printing/lost-in-the-mist-isd.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Future Sight (FUT) #43
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Dan Murayama Scott
- **Total Printings:** 9 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`