---
name: "Blessed Alliance"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Escalate"]
set: "SIR"
set_name: "Shadows over Innistrad Remastered"
collector_number: "14"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Johann Bodin"
oracle_id: "48b67778-6616-4563-8456-62f302649768"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/blessed-alliance-sir"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Blessed Alliance
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Escalate

## Oracle Text
Escalate {2} (Pay this cost for each mode chosen beyond the first.)
Choose one or more —
• Target player gains 4 life.
• Untap up to two target creatures.
• Target opponent sacrifices an attacking creature of their choice.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Savage Alliance](/printing/savage-alliance-inr.md) — Instant
2. [Collective Effort](/printing/collective-effort-onc.md) — Sorcery
3. [Borrowed Grace](/printing/borrowed-grace-plst.md) — Instant
4. [Amazing Alliance](/printing/amazing-alliance-spe.md) — Enchantment
5. [Reward the Faithful](/printing/reward-the-faithful-scg.md) — Instant
6. [Righteous Confluence](/printing/righteous-confluence-pz1.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shadows over Innistrad Remastered (SIR) #14
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Johann Bodin
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`