Timely Reinforcements
The List M12-40 • uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Collector number
- M12-40
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana white mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Tomasz Jedruszek
- Market price
- $0.34
What it does
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.
The gods are not always kind, but they do have a soft spot for plucky underdogs.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Timely Reinforcements was originally introduced in the 2011 Magic: The Gathering core set, Magic 2012, designed as a reactive white sorcery intended to help players recover when trailing in board presence or life total. The card was crafted by Wizards of the Coast to provide a strategic catch-up mechanism in aggressive environments, balancing the resource disparity between two players.
The illustration by Greg Staples captures the desperate, heroic arrival of reinforcements, fitting the card's function as a tide-turning spell. Upon its release, it became a staple in control-oriented sideboards, widely praised for its efficiency in stabilizing games and its clever design that rewards players for being behind, making it a recurring presence in various reprints, including its inclusion on The List.
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