---
name: "Gilded Light"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Cycling"]
set: "VMA"
set_name: "Vintage Masters"
collector_number: "29"
rarity: "common"
artist: "John Avon"
oracle_id: "f7e7b2aa-9fd2-41dd-b11e-3a233530dc83"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/gilded-light-vma"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Gilded Light
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Cycling

## Oracle Text
You gain shroud until end of turn. (You can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

> *Whoever survives the first blow lives to land the second.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Mage's Guile](/printing/mages-guile-ons.md) — Instant
2. [Skyshroud Blessing](/printing/skyshroud-blessing-pls.md) — Instant
3. [Ivory Mask](/printing/ivory-mask-9ed.md) — Enchantment
4. [Homarid Warrior](/printing/homarid-warrior-fem.md) — Creature — Homarid Warrior
5. [Sylvan Safekeeper](/printing/sylvan-safekeeper-cma.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
6. [Lightshield Parry](/printing/lightshield-parry-dft.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Vintage Masters (VMA) #29
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** John Avon
- **Total Printings:** 22 across all historical editions

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