---
name: "New Way Forward"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{R}{W}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R", "U", "W"]
color_identity: ["R", "U", "W"]
keywords: []
set: "PTDM"
set_name: "Tarkir: Dragonstorm Promos"
collector_number: "211s"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Eli Minaya"
oracle_id: "429368e6-3de1-4a44-a062-86cbbb73e243"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/new-way-forward-ptdm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# New Way Forward
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}{R}{W}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. When damage is prevented this way, New Way Forward deals that much damage to that source's controller and you draw that many cards.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Reverse Damage](/printing/reverse-damage-3ed.md) — Instant
2. [Honorable Passage](/printing/honorable-passage-wc97.md) — Instant
3. [Deflecting Palm](/printing/deflecting-palm-pktk.md) — Instant
4. [Comeuppance](/printing/comeuppance-c14.md) — Instant
5. [Channel Harm](/printing/channel-harm-frf.md) — Instant
6. [Divine Deflection](/printing/divine-deflection-avr.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tarkir: Dragonstorm Promos (PTDM) #211s
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Eli Minaya
- **Total Printings:** 14 across all historical editions

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