---
name: "Timely Reinforcements"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "HA3"
set_name: "Historic Anthology 3"
collector_number: "5"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Tomasz Jedruszek"
oracle_id: "64f4f0ed-e924-459e-86a4-8202fae6ef3e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/timely-reinforcements-ha3"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Timely Reinforcements
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
If you have less life than an opponent, you gain 6 life. If you control fewer creatures than an opponent, create three 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sunset Revelry](/printing/sunset-revelry-mid.md) — Sorcery
2. [Even the Odds](/printing/even-the-odds-fut.md) — Instant
3. [Heroic Reinforcements](/printing/heroic-reinforcements-onc.md) — Sorcery
4. [First Response](/printing/first-response-cmr.md) — Enchantment
5. [Feudkiller's Verdict](/printing/feudkillers-verdict-mor.md) — Kindred Sorcery — Giant
6. [Heidegger, Shinra Executive](/printing/heidegger-shinra-executive-fic.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Soldier

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Historic Anthology 3 (HA3) #5
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Tomasz Jedruszek
- **Total Printings:** 13 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`