---
name: "Time of Need"
mana_cost: "{1}{G}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "CHK"
set_name: "Champions of Kamigawa"
collector_number: "247"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Dany Orizio"
oracle_id: "4f2adfd0-c8ab-4bcc-ae55-cb0e798aec7f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/time-of-need-chk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Time of Need
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{G}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Search your library for a legendary creature card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

> *"Quando i kumo attaccarono il santuario sacro dei monaci, nella foresta riecheggiò un rintocco luttuoso che invocava aiuto. Così ebbe inizio la Battaglia della Seta, che sarebbe durata sei anni."
—Grandi Battaglie di Kamigawa*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Eladamri's Call](/printing/eladamris-call-tle.md) — Instant
2. [Worldly Tutor](/printing/worldly-tutor-dmr.md) — Instant
3. [Sylvan Tutor](/printing/sylvan-tutor-j20.md) — Sorcery
4. [Captain Sisay](/printing/captain-sisay-tle.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
5. [Dina's Guidance](/printing/dinas-guidance-sos.md) — Instant
6. [Ringsight](/printing/ringsight-ltr.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Champions of Kamigawa (CHK) #247
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Dany Orizio
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

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