Healing Salve
Limited Edition Beta 23 • common
- Set
- Limited Edition Beta
- Collector number
- 23
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- white mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Dan Frazier
- Market price
- $6.81
What it does
Choose one —
• Target player gains 3 life.
• Prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Healing Salve was originally released in 1993 as part of the Limited Edition Alpha set for Magic: The Gathering, with the Beta set following shortly thereafter. As one of the original 'Boons' cycle, the card was designed to represent the fundamental mechanics of the game's early white mana color identity. The artwork, created by Dan Frazier, reflects the minimalist and illustrative fantasy aesthetic that defined the game's earliest expansions during its initial development at Wizards of the Coast.
The card is widely recognized for its inclusion in the Alpha and Beta sets, which are historically significant for establishing the foundational rules and art style of the trading card game industry. While Healing Salve has since been reprinted in many subsequent sets with updated visuals, the original Beta version remains a notable piece of gaming history due to its connection to the game's rapid rise in popularity in the early 1990s and its role in early competitive deck-building archetypes.
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