---
name: "Holy Light"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "ME1"
set_name: "Masters Edition"
collector_number: "16"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Drew Tucker"
oracle_id: "8f7dd328-b367-4546-ba79-1efc1e97f2ab"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/holy-light-me1"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Holy Light
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Nonwhite creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn.

> *"Bathed in hallowed light, the infidels looked upon the impurities of their souls and despaired."
—The Book of Tal*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Dread of Night](/printing/dread-of-night-6ed.md) — Enchantment
2. [Blinding Light](/printing/blinding-light-s99.md) — Sorcery
3. [Light of Day](/printing/light-of-day-6ed.md) — Enchantment
4. [Festergloom](/printing/festergloom-cn2.md) — Sorcery
5. [Ray of Enfeeblement](/printing/ray-of-enfeeblement-afr.md) — Instant
6. [Heaven's Gate](/printing/heavens-gate-leg.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Masters Edition (ME1) #16
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Drew Tucker
- **Total Printings:** 3 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`