---
name: "Candles' Glow"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant — Arcane"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Splice"]
set: "CHK"
set_name: "Champions of Kamigawa"
collector_number: "5"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Alan Pollack"
oracle_id: "7509b934-6fbc-42fd-9040-cdf16bbfff42"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/candles-glow-chk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Candles' Glow
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant — Arcane
- **Keywords:** Splice

## Oracle Text
Prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn. You gain life equal to the damage prevented this way.
Splice onto Arcane {1}{W} (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Hallow](/printing/hallow-dst.md) — Instant
2. [Ethereal Haze](/printing/ethereal-haze-plst.md) — Instant — Arcane
3. [Blessed Breath](/printing/blessed-breath-chk.md) — Instant — Arcane
4. [Healing Grace](/printing/healing-grace-plst.md) — Instant
5. [Luminesce](/printing/luminesce-csp.md) — Instant
6. [Sacred Boon](/printing/sacred-boon-5ed.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Champions of Kamigawa (CHK) #5
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Alan Pollack
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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