---
name: "Restore Balance"
mana_cost: "N/A"
cmc: 0
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Suspend"]
set: "TSP"
set_name: "Time Spiral"
collector_number: "38"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Mark Poole"
oracle_id: "ca79d130-6387-47b0-bde8-f45dd93f9221"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/restore-balance-tsp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Restore Balance
- **Mana Cost:** `N/A` (CMC: 0)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Suspend

## Oracle Text
Suspend 6—{W}
Each player chooses a number of lands they control equal to the number of lands controlled by the player who controls the fewest, then sacrifices the rest. Players sacrifice creatures and discard cards the same way.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Balance](/printing/balance-olep.md) — Sorcery
2. [Magus of the Balance](/printing/magus-of-the-balance-pz2.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
3. [Balancing Act](/printing/balancing-act-ody.md) — Sorcery
4. [Natural Balance](/printing/natural-balance-mir.md) — Sorcery
5. [Land Equilibrium](/printing/land-equilibrium-me3.md) — Enchantment
6. [Global Ruin](/printing/global-ruin-inv.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Time Spiral (TSP) #38
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Mark Poole
- **Total Printings:** 19 across all historical editions

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