---
name: "Illuminate"
mana_cost: "{X}{R}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R", "U"]
keywords: ["Kicker"]
set: "APC"
set_name: "Apocalypse"
collector_number: "63"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Christopher Moeller"
oracle_id: "f944c245-08ff-41a8-bdfc-7d21a6a63eae"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/illuminate-apc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Illuminate
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{R}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Kicker

## Oracle Text
Kicker {2}{R} and/or {3}{U} (You may pay an additional {2}{R} and/or {3}{U} as you cast this spell.)
Illuminate deals X damage to target creature. If this spell was kicked with its {2}{R} kicker, it deals X damage to that creature's controller. If this spell was kicked with its {3}{U} kicker, you draw X cards.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Battlewing Mystic](/printing/battlewing-mystic-dmu.md) — Creature — Bird Wizard
2. [Shatterskull Charger](/printing/shatterskull-charger-pznr.md) — Creature — Giant Warrior
3. [Rite of Replication](/printing/rite-of-replication-plst.md) — Sorcery
4. [Hunting Wilds](/printing/hunting-wilds-c18.md) — Sorcery
5. [Timely Interference](/printing/timely-interference-dmu.md) — Instant
6. [Nullpriest of Oblivion](/printing/nullpriest-of-oblivion-pznr.md) — Creature — Vampire Cleric

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Apocalypse (APC) #63
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Christopher Moeller
- **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`