---
name: "Festival"
mana_cost: "{W}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "DRK"
set_name: "The Dark"
collector_number: "8"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Mark Poole"
oracle_id: "8e594801-4a8d-4dcd-b328-7eb3de65cf90"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/festival-drk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Festival
- **Mana Cost:** `{W}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Cast this spell only during an opponent's upkeep.
Creatures can't attack this turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Cease-Fire](/printing/cease-fire-ody.md) — Instant
2. [Off Balance](/printing/off-balance-nem.md) — Instant
3. [Arboria](/printing/arboria-leg.md) — World Enchantment
4. [Just Fate](/printing/just-fate-me4.md) — Instant
5. [City of Solitude](/printing/city-of-solitude-wc97.md) — Enchantment
6. [Commencement of Festivities](/printing/commencement-of-festivities-plst.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Dark (DRK) #8
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Mark Poole
- **Total Printings:** 2 across all historical editions

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