---
name: "Pale Moon"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "NEM"
set_name: "Nemesis"
collector_number: "36"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Pete Venters"
oracle_id: "78e3a3c3-3091-46ab-a47a-86b7db68ced4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/pale-moon-nem"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Pale Moon
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Until end of turn, if a player taps a nonbasic land for mana, it produces colorless mana instead of any other type.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Moonlace](/printing/moonlace-tsp.md) — Instant
2. [Alpine Moon](/printing/alpine-moon-pm19.md) — Enchantment
3. [Wintermoon Mesa](/printing/wintermoon-mesa-pcy.md) — Land
4. [Pulse of Llanowar](/printing/pulse-of-llanowar-inv.md) — Enchantment
5. [Mana Short](/printing/mana-short-3ed.md) — Instant
6. [Moonhold](/printing/moonhold-plst.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Nemesis (NEM) #36
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Pete Venters
- **Total Printings:** 8 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`