Pause for Reflection
Pause for Reflection: Instant, Guilds of Ravnica. Convoke. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{G}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Green (G)
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Guilds of Ravnica (GRN)
- Released
- 2018-10-05
- Collector number
- 140
- Artist
- Alayna Danner
- Commander rank
- 13,715 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Convoke
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About Pause for Reflection
Pause for Reflection is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common green instant from Guilds of Ravnica (GRN), an expansion set released in October 2018. It is collector number 140 in that set, with art by Alayna Danner. It costs {2}{G} (two generic and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. Guilds of Ravnica is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.19 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
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.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.19 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Pause for Reflection by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Official rulings
Six official rulings apply to Pause for Reflection, newest first.
- 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.
- Tapping an untapped creature that's attacking or blocking to convoke a spell won't cause that creature to stop attacking or blocking.
- If a creature you control has a mana ability with {T} 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.
- Because convoke isn't an alternative cost, it can be used in conjunction with alternative costs.
- Tapping a multicolored creature using convoke will pay for {1} or one mana of your choice of any of that creature's colors.
- 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. Convoke doesn't change a spell's mana cost or mana value.
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