Delay
Future Sight 35 • uncommon
- Set
- Future Sight
- Collector number
- 35
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Ron Spears
- Market price
- $1.73
What it does
Counter target spell. If the spell is countered this way, exile it with three time counters on it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard. If it doesn't have suspend, it gains suspend. (At the beginning of its owner's upkeep, they remove a time counter. When the last is removed, they may play it without paying its mana cost. If it's a creature, it has haste.)
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Delay was released in 2007 as part of the Future Sight set for Magic: The Gathering. This set was designed to explore potential future mechanics and visual styles for the game, utilizing a unique frame design that mimicked the aesthetics of what a card from the future might look like. Mechanically, Delay serves as a blue counterspell that exiles a card with a delay counter, forcing the opponent to wait three turns before casting it, which offered a distinct twist on traditional disruption.
The card’s illustration was created by artist Dan Dos Santos, who captured the set's thematic emphasis on temporal manipulation. His work depicts a surreal, ethereal figure caught in a moment of suspended animation, perfectly mirroring the card’s function of pausing an opponent's momentum. Upon its release, the card was well-received by players for its tactical utility and its striking, non-traditional visual identity within the broader context of the set.
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About Delay
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