---
name: "Suffer the Past"
mana_cost: "{X}{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "ROE"
set_name: "Rise of the Eldrazi"
collector_number: "128"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Trevor Claxton"
oracle_id: "edf46ef0-159d-4f0b-ae14-14e0c8446382"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/suffer-the-past-roe"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Suffer the Past
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Exile X target cards from target player's graveyard. For each card exiled this way, that player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

> *Le feu glacial des tentacules d'Ulamog fouaillait son âme et poignardait ses souvenirs un par un.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Grave Consequences](/printing/grave-consequences-jud.md) — Instant
2. [Shadowfeed](/printing/shadowfeed-ala.md) — Instant
3. [Crypt Incursion](/printing/crypt-incursion-pio.md) — Instant
4. [Skeletal Scrying](/printing/skeletal-scrying-plst.md) — Instant
5. [Graveyard Shovel](/printing/graveyard-shovel-isd.md) — Artifact
6. [Spoils of Evil](/printing/spoils-of-evil-ice.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Rise of the Eldrazi (ROE) #128
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Trevor Claxton
- **Total Printings:** 23 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`