---
name: "Penance"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "EXO"
set_name: "Exodus"
collector_number: "15"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Terese Nielsen"
oracle_id: "7818d6e0-74d8-46ae-94f6-d2a349c9507b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/penance-exo"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Penance
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
Put a card from your hand on top of your library: The next time a black or red source of your choice would deal damage this turn, prevent that damage.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Hidden Retreat](/printing/hidden-retreat-sth.md) — Enchantment
2. [High Priest of Penance](/printing/high-priest-of-penance-gtc.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
3. [Alms](/printing/alms-wth.md) — Enchantment
4. [Hypochondria](/printing/hypochondria-tor.md) — Enchantment
5. [Greater Realm of Preservation](/printing/greater-realm-of-preservation-me1.md) — Enchantment
6. [Honorable Passage](/printing/honorable-passage-wc97.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Exodus (EXO) #15
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Terese Nielsen
- **Total Printings:** 9 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`