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Inspiring Refrain
Oracle Text
Draw two cards. Exile Inspiring Refrain 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.)
Card Details
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Character Background
Inspiring Refrain is a very Doctor Who-style time trick: a blue sorcery that looks modest now but rewards patience and planning later. In play, it best supports control and slow value decks, where a player can spend early turns setting up and then cash in extra cards when the game reaches a stabilized state. Drawing two cards for six mana is not efficient on rate alone, but suspend 3 for {2}{U} turns it into a future promise that smooths out mana and helps you keep resources flowing without committing all at once. It pairs especially well with decks that can manipulate time counters or prolong the game, and it becomes more appealing alongside untap, bounce, or stalling tools that buy those extra turns. In Commander, it fits nicely in blue shells that want repeatable card flow and don’t mind waiting; just be sure your deck can survive the delay, because this is a measured crescendo, not an emergency refill.
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Character Background
Inspiring Refrain is a very Doctor Who-style time trick: a blue sorcery that looks modest now but rewards patience and planning later. In play, it best supports control and slow value decks, where a player can spend early turns setting up and then cash in extra cards when the game reaches a stabilized state. Drawing two cards for six mana is not efficient on rate alone, but suspend 3 for {2}{U} turns it into a future promise that smooths out mana and helps you keep resources flowing without committing all at once. It pairs especially well with decks that can manipulate time counters or prolong the game, and it becomes more appealing alongside untap, bounce, or stalling tools that buy those extra turns. In Commander, it fits nicely in blue shells that want repeatable card flow and don’t mind waiting; just be sure your deck can survive the delay, because this is a measured crescendo, not an emergency refill.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-08-11 13:10:44 UTC