Suspend Aggression
Instant
Exile target nonland permanent and the top card of your library. For each of those cards, its owner may play it until the end of their next turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven
- Price
- $0.34
- EDHREC rank
- #18919
Suspend Aggression stops a creature from attacking or blocking this turn and cantrips — relevant interaction that replaces itself for two mana. Pia Nalaar, Consul of Revival decks run it because the card draw feeds her artifact-and-token engine without spending a card to do it.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Pia Nalaar, Consul of Revival
Pia Nalaar, Consul of Revival wants to keep drawing into artifacts and token payoffs, and Suspend Aggression cantrips while buying a combat step — exactly the kind of cheap interaction that doesn't slow the engine down.
Rocco, Street Chef
Rocco, Street Chef decks churn through cards to hit food and treasure synergies, and Suspend Aggression slots in as a cantripping tempo play that keeps the hand full while protecting a key turn.
Gwen Stacy
Gwen Stacy rewards drawing cards, so Suspend Aggression earns its slot by replacing itself while neutralizing a swinging threat — two birds with one spell.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Suspend Aggression is a role-player in decks that want cheap cantrips and can afford to tap down one threat rather than remove it permanently — the ceiling is low but the floor is respectable because it never costs a card. In Modern and Pioneer the effect is too narrow; dedicated aggro and control shells have better options at two mana that don't wear off after the combat step. Legacy is the same story — cantrip or not, a one-turn tapper doesn't clear the bar when removal and disruption are so efficient. Standard is where Suspend Aggression is most likely to find an honest home, particularly in token or go-wide lists that need to punch through a blocker for one attack without committing to an expensive removal spell.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.34 bulk tier
At $0.34, Suspend Aggression is firmly bulk — no barrier to picking up a copy whenever a synergistic deck calls for it. Bulk cantrips with conditional effects rarely climb in price, so don't expect this to move.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.