Syncopate
Return to Ravnica 54 • uncommon
- Set
- Return to Ravnica
- Collector number
- 54
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- X mana blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Clint Cearley
- Market price
- $0.18
What it does
Counter target spell unless its controller pays X mana. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.
"Patience, mage. Killing you now would be too easy."
Where you can play it
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Syncopate was originally printed in the Odyssey expansion in 2001 and was later brought back for the 2012 Return to Ravnica set as a staple counterspell. The card was designed as a versatile mana-taxing counter effect, allowing players to exile a target spell if its controller could not pay an additional cost, which served as a useful tool for blue-aligned control decks navigating the set’s multicolored landscape.
The Return to Ravnica version features illustration by Chase Stone, who brought a modern, atmospheric aesthetic to the card that aligned with the high-fantasy urban sprawl of the Ravnica plane. The card was well-received by players for its tactical flexibility in competitive formats, as exiling spells rather than simply placing them in the graveyard prevented opponents from utilizing graveyard-based strategies, making it a reliable inclusion in draft and constructed play.
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