---
name: "Lead by Example"
mana_cost: "{1}{G}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: []
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Support"]
set: "BBD"
set_name: "Battlebond"
collector_number: "205"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Johannes Voss"
oracle_id: "9a50418c-3cdc-4e3e-b02c-6da646093120"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/lead-by-example-bbd"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Lead by Example
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{G}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Support

## Oracle Text
Support 2. (Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two target creatures.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Common Bond](/printing/common-bond-rtr.md) — Instant
2. [Leo's Guidance](/printing/leos-guidance-tmc.md) — Instant
3. [Shoulder to Shoulder](/printing/shoulder-to-shoulder-bbd.md) — Sorcery
4. [Stand Together](/printing/stand-together-dst.md) — Instant
5. [Lifecrafter's Gift](/printing/lifecrafters-gift-cmr.md) — Instant
6. [Unity of Purpose](/printing/unity-of-purpose-ogw.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Battlebond (BBD) #205
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Johannes Voss

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2016-01-22)* You can’t put more than one +1/+1 counter on any one target using the support action.
- *(2016-01-22)* If a spell with support has other abilities that target creatures, those abilities and the support ability can target the same creature.
- *(2016-01-22)* Support can target a creature you don’t control.