---
name: "Gaea's Balance"
mana_cost: "{3}{G}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "APC"
set_name: "Apocalypse"
collector_number: "77"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Rebecca Guay"
oracle_id: "5aadbd03-c459-4893-aa1b-efcf193faa1b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/gaeas-balance-apc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Gaea's Balance
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{G}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice five lands.
Search your library for a land card of each basic land type, put those cards onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Natural Balance](/printing/natural-balance-mir.md) — Sorcery
2. [Planar Engineering](/printing/planar-engineering-psos.md) — Sorcery
3. [Reshape the Earth](/printing/reshape-the-earth-cmr.md) — Sorcery
4. [Boundless Realms](/printing/boundless-realms-plst.md) — Sorcery
5. [Roiling Regrowth](/printing/roiling-regrowth-eoc.md) — Instant
6. [Scapeshift](/printing/scapeshift-m19.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Apocalypse (APC) #77
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **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: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`