---
name: "Truce"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "HML"
set_name: "Homelands"
collector_number: "20"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Melissa A. Benson"
oracle_id: "fe4aa72b-f176-461a-aca0-1519721609b2"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/truce-hml"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Truce
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Each player may draw up to two cards. For each card less than two a player draws this way, that player gains 2 life.

> *"The people of Aysen feed us, and we don't kill them. That's my kind of truce."
—Eron the Relentless*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Temporary Truce](/printing/temporary-truce-mb2.md) — Sorcery
2. [Armistice](/printing/armistice-mmq.md) — Enchantment
3. [Words of Wisdom](/printing/words-of-wisdom-plst.md) — Instant
4. [Union of the Third Path](/printing/union-of-the-third-path-bro.md) — Instant
5. [Tragic Lesson](/printing/tragic-lesson-hou.md) — Instant
6. [Cut a Deal](/printing/cut-a-deal-msc.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Homelands (HML) #20
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Melissa A. Benson
- **Total Printings:** 17 across all historical editions

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