Pause for Reflection
| Name | Pause for Reflection |
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| Type | Instant |
| Description | Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for |
| Artist | Alayna Danner |
| Set | Guilds of Ravnica #140 |
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About Pause for Reflection
Pause for Reflection, Instant, designed by Alayna Danner first released in Oct, 2018 in the set Guilds of Ravnica. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of 5.78.
A deck focused on creature-based strategies, such as a green-white aggro or midrange deck, would benefit from using Pause for Reflection in Magic: The Gathering. It can help protect your creatures by preventing all combat damage for a turn, allowing you to maintain board presence and potentially swing the game in your favor. While there may be better options for combat protection spells, such as Rootborn Defenses or Unbreakable Formation, Pause for Reflection could still see play in certain metagames or strategies where its unique combination of convoke and combat damage prevention is valuable.
Rules
03/19/21
If a creature you control has a mana ability with in the cost, activating that ability while casting a spell with convoke will result in the creature being tapped before you pay the spell’s costs. You won’t be able to tap it again for convoke. Similarly, if you sacrifice a creature to activate a mana ability while casting a spell with convoke, that creature won’t be on the battlefield when you pay the spell’s costs, so you won’t be able to tap it for convoke.
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You can tap any untapped creature you control to convoke a spell, even one you haven’t controlled continuously since the beginning of your most recent turn.
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Tapping a multicolored creature using convoke will pay for or one mana of your choice of any of that creature’s colors.
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When calculating a spell’s total cost, include any alternative costs, additional costs, or anything else that increases or reduces the cost to cast the spell. Convoke applies after the total cost is calculated.
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You can tap an untapped creature you haven’t controlled continuously since the beginning of your most recent turn to convoke a spell.
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Frequently asked questions about Pause for Reflection
What type of card is Pause for Reflection?
Pause for Reflection is a Instant card in Magic: the Gathering MTG.
What does Pause for Reflection do?
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.) Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.
How much does Pause for Reflection cost?
Pause for Reflection currently starts at 5.78. See live prices from multiple sellers in the Where to buy section above.
What set is Pause for Reflection from?
Pause for Reflection was first released in the set Guilds of Ravnica, illustrated by Alayna Danner.
Is Pause for Reflection legal to play?
Legality depends on the tournament format -- Pause for Reflection can be legal in some formats and banned or restricted in others. See the full breakdown per format in the Legality section above.
What cards are similar to Pause for Reflection?
Cards similar to Pause for Reflection include Halo Hopper, Transcendent Message, Meeting of Minds. See the full list in the Similar cards section above.




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