---
name: "Path of Peace"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: []
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "S99"
set_name: "Starter 1999"
collector_number: "21"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Nils Hamm"
oracle_id: "b7593cf8-4dcb-473b-a2ef-180fffe66738"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/path-of-peace-s99"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Path of Peace
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Destroy target creature. Its owner gains 4 life.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Misfortune's Gain](/printing/misfortunes-gain-me3.md) — Sorcery
2. [Solemn Offering](/printing/solemn-offering-bbd.md) — Sorcery
3. [Swords to Plowshares](/printing/swords-to-plowshares-msc.md) — Instant
4. [Triumphant Surge](/printing/triumphant-surge-thb.md) — Instant
5. [Invoke the Divine](/printing/invoke-the-divine-khm.md) — Instant
6. [Chastise](/printing/chastise-9ed.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Starter 1999 (S99) #21
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Nils Hamm
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2018-03-16)* You are a creature's owner if the card representing it began the game in your deck, or if it's a token that entered the battlefield under your control. If Path of Peace targets a creature that you own but an opponent controls, you'll gain 4 life.
- *(2018-03-16)* If the target creature is an illegal target by the time Path of Peace tries to resolve, the spell doesn't resolve. No player gains life.