Healing Salve
Seventh Edition 18★ • common
- Set
- Seventh Edition
- Collector number
- 18★
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- white mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt
- Finish
- Foil
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 introduced as part of the core set for Magic: The Gathering in 1993, designed to showcase the foundational mechanics of the white color identity. Its primary purpose was to demonstrate the simple, direct utility of life gain, a recurring theme in the game's early iterations meant to assist players in stabilizing their board state during the opening turns.
The artwork for the Seventh Edition release was created by the artist Donato Giancola. Moving away from the abstract or stylized depictions found in earlier sets, Giancola’s illustration focuses on a more classical, painterly aesthetic that emphasizes the restorative and gentle nature of the spell. This version was well-received by players for its technical quality and its departure from the grittier or more cartoonish sensibilities prevalent in other areas of the game at the time.
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