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Suffocation
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
AlliancesALL · #38
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.23 € · 0.20 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
Cast this spell only if you were dealt damage this turn by a red instant or sorcery spell. Suffocation deals 4 damage to the controller of the last red instant or sorcery spell that dealt damage to you this turn. Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PredhLegal
- PremodernLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Allen Williams
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 1996-06-10
Rulings
It means “red instant or red sorcery” not “red instant or any sorcery”.