---
name: "Valorous Stance"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "J22"
set_name: "Jumpstart 2022"
collector_number: "263"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Victor Adame Minguez"
oracle_id: "1f938353-9081-4dc1-b8e7-d18ece038bd4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/valorous-stance-j22"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Valorous Stance
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Choose one —
• Target creature gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)
• Destroy target creature with toughness 4 or greater.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Moment of Valor](/printing/moment-of-valor-woe.md) — Instant
2. [Make a Stand](/printing/make-a-stand-ogw.md) — Instant
3. [Adamant Will](/printing/adamant-will-fdn.md) — Instant
4. [Withstand Death](/printing/withstand-death-som.md) — Instant
5. [Destroy Evil](/printing/destroy-evil-dmu.md) — Instant
6. [Reroute Systems](/printing/reroute-systems-eoe.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Jumpstart 2022 (J22) #263
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Victor Adame Minguez
- **Total Printings:** 106 across all historical editions

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