---
name: "Piercing Light"
mana_cost: "{W}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Scry"]
set: "VOW"
set_name: "Innistrad: Crimson Vow"
collector_number: "30"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Donato Giancola"
oracle_id: "2a6c7826-dcfe-4029-894e-6c82c4dd84b7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/piercing-light-vow"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Piercing Light
- **Mana Cost:** `{W}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Scry

## Oracle Text
Piercing Light deals 2 damage to target attacking or blocking creature. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

> *« Les créatures de la nuit se dissolvent comme des ombres face à la lumière de la foi. »
—Thalia, gardienne de Thraben*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Spark Jolt](/printing/spark-jolt-ths.md) — Instant
2. [Expose to Daylight](/printing/expose-to-daylight-rna.md) — Instant
3. [Judge Unworthy](/printing/judge-unworthy-fut.md) — Instant
4. [Play with Fire](/printing/play-with-fire-mid.md) — Instant
5. [Puncturing Light](/printing/puncturing-light-sir.md) — Instant
6. [Lightning Javelin](/printing/lightning-javelin-ori.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Innistrad: Crimson Vow (VOW) #30
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Donato Giancola
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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