---
name: "Show of Confidence"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "STX"
set_name: "Strixhaven: School of Mages"
collector_number: "28"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Paul Scott Canavan"
oracle_id: "6f7c29ff-955c-496b-9300-2efb9e99ba2d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/show-of-confidence-stx"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Show of Confidence
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
When you cast this spell, copy it for each other instant and sorcery spell you've cast this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.
Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. It gains vigilance until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Now for Wrath, Now for Ruin!](/printing/now-for-wrath-now-for-ruin-ltr.md) — Sorcery
2. [Homestead Courage](/printing/homestead-courage-mid.md) — Sorcery
3. [Codespell Cleric](/printing/codespell-cleric-khm.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
4. [Abstruse Archaic](/printing/abstruse-archaic-cmm.md) — Creature — Avatar
5. [Veyran, Voice of Duality](/printing/veyran-voice-of-duality-soc.md) — Legendary Creature — Efreet Wizard
6. [Kitsa, Otterball Elite](/printing/kitsa-otterball-elite-pblb.md) — Legendary Creature — Otter Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Strixhaven: School of Mages (STX) #28
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Paul Scott Canavan
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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