---
name: "Embolden"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Flashback"]
set: "ODY"
set_name: "Odyssey"
collector_number: "22"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Rebecca Guay"
oracle_id: "9904873c-7669-4485-b380-f28ff529b45c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/embolden-ody"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Embolden
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Flashback

## Oracle Text
Prevent the next 4 damage that would be dealt this turn to any number of targets, divided as you choose.
Flashback {1}{W} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Mending Hands](/printing/mending-hands-9ed.md) — Instant
2. [Withstand](/printing/withstand-gpt.md) — Instant
3. [Shieldmate's Blessing](/printing/shieldmates-blessing-zen.md) — Instant
4. [Prismatic Strands](/printing/prismatic-strands-jud.md) — Instant
5. [Hold at Bay](/printing/hold-at-bay-bng.md) — Instant
6. [Endure](/printing/endure-eve.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Odyssey (ODY) #22
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Rebecca Guay
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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