---
name: "Suspended Sentence"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Suspend"]
set: "DSC"
set_name: "Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander"
collector_number: "25"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "L.A. Draws"
oracle_id: "98641070-93bd-4088-90cb-956c2b21979e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/suspended-sentence-dsc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Suspended Sentence
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Suspend

## Oracle Text
Destroy target creature an opponent controls. That player loses 3 life. Exile Suspended Sentence with three time counters on it.
Suspend 3—{1}{B} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {1}{B} 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. [Suspend](/printing/suspend-mh2.md) — Instant
2. [Phthisis](/printing/phthisis-tsr.md) — Sorcery
3. [Festering March](/printing/festering-march-fut.md) — Sorcery
4. [Sinister Concierge](/printing/sinister-concierge-pncc.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
5. [Roiling Horror](/printing/roiling-horror-plc.md) — Creature — Horror
6. [Curse of the Cabal](/printing/curse-of-the-cabal-tsp.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC) #25
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** L.A. Draws
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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