---
name: "Helping Hand"
mana_cost: "{W}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "LCI"
set_name: "The Lost Caverns of Ixalan"
collector_number: "17"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Aldo Domínguez"
oracle_id: "170a5dbc-6a43-4715-9501-178b1eb7b08c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/helping-hand-lci"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Helping Hand
- **Mana Cost:** `{W}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

> *Itzmin fuggì dal crollo con un nuovo amico, insieme a una nuova paura delle altezze.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Patch Up](/printing/patch-up-snc.md) — Sorcery
2. [Breath of Life](/printing/breath-of-life-plst.md) — Sorcery
3. [Scout for Survivors](/printing/scout-for-survivors-eoe.md) — Sorcery
4. [Resurrection](/printing/resurrection-prm.md) — Sorcery
5. [Emerge from the Cocoon](/printing/emerge-from-the-cocoon-dsk.md) — Sorcery
6. [Savior of the Small](/printing/savior-of-the-small-dsk.md) — Creature — Kor Survivor

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI) #17
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Aldo Domínguez
- **Total Printings:** 16 across all historical editions

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