---
name: "Intervention Pact"
mana_cost: "{0}"
cmc: 0
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "FUT"
set_name: "Future Sight"
collector_number: "8"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Dave Kendall"
oracle_id: "9f9882f5-2338-4881-b418-b15348a462b4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/intervention-pact-fut"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Intervention Pact
- **Mana Cost:** `{0}` (CMC: 0)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. You gain life equal to the damage prevented this way.
At the beginning of your next upkeep, pay {1}{W}{W}. If you don't, you lose the game.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Reverse Damage](/printing/reverse-damage-3ed.md) — Instant
2. [Righteous Aura](/printing/righteous-aura-mmq.md) — Enchantment
3. [Awe Strike](/printing/awe-strike-mrd.md) — Instant
4. [Festival of the Guildpact](/printing/festival-of-the-guildpact-rav.md) — Instant
5. [Samite Ministration](/printing/samite-ministration-inv.md) — Instant
6. [Save Life](/printing/save-life-unh.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Future Sight (FUT) #8
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Dave Kendall
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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