---
name: "Joyous Respite"
mana_cost: "{3}{G}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery — Arcane"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "CHK"
set_name: "Champions of Kamigawa"
collector_number: "216"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Rebecca Guay"
oracle_id: "8dbc1563-63b0-4a13-9fcc-bcd592015189"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/joyous-respite-chk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Joyous Respite
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{G}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery — Arcane

## Oracle Text
You gain 1 life for each land you control.

> *"I have been gifted by the kami with long life. So far, they have not seen fit to withdraw their gift. There may yet be a way to stop the killing without more blood, human or kami, being spilled."
—Dosan the Falling Leaf*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Bountiful Harvest](/printing/bountiful-harvest-m12.md) — Sorcery
2. [Lifegift](/printing/lifegift-bok.md) — Enchantment
3. [Fruition](/printing/fruition-por.md) — Sorcery
4. [Rest for the Weary](/printing/rest-for-the-weary-wwk.md) — Instant
5. [Wandering Stream](/printing/wandering-stream-inv.md) — Sorcery
6. [Nissa's Renewal](/printing/nissas-renewal-znc.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Champions of Kamigawa (CHK) #216
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Rebecca Guay
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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