---
name: "Blinding Light"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "S99"
set_name: "Starter 1999"
collector_number: "8"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "John Coulthart"
oracle_id: "6b315dc3-c330-4b30-b6ad-4da12ccf6ca3"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/blinding-light-s99"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Blinding Light
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Tap all nonwhite creatures.

> *Let the unjust avert their faces and contemplate their peril.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Holy Light](/printing/holy-light-me1.md) — Instant
2. [Blinding Mage](/printing/blinding-mage-ima.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
3. [Mass Calcify](/printing/mass-calcify-m15.md) — Sorcery
4. [Light of Day](/printing/light-of-day-6ed.md) — Enchantment
5. [Repel the Darkness](/printing/repel-the-darkness-uma.md) — Instant
6. [Lead Astray](/printing/lead-astray-jud.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Starter 1999 (S99) #8
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** John Coulthart
- **Total Printings:** 24 across all historical editions

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