---
name: "Slow Motion"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "ULG"
set_name: "Urza's Legacy"
collector_number: "42"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Todd Lockwood"
oracle_id: "151388a4-a24b-4089-a323-e7c1d5e6490a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/slow-motion-ulg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Slow Motion
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, that player sacrifices that creature unless they pay {2}.
When this Aura is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return it to its owner's hand.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Pendrell Flux](/printing/pendrell-flux-usg.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Vapor Snare](/printing/vapor-snare-wwk.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Lingering Death](/printing/lingering-death-scg.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Spectral Prison](/printing/spectral-prison-avr.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Melancholy](/printing/melancholy-plc.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Inevitable End](/printing/inevitable-end-thb.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Urza's Legacy (ULG) #42
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Todd Lockwood
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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