Royal Herbalist
Alliances 15a • common
- Set
- Alliances
- Collector number
- 15a
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- white mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Douglas Shuler
- Market price
- $0.10
What it does
2 generic mana, Exile the top card of your library: You gain 1 life.
"Just as an Herbalist heals a wound, so must we heal the rift between Balduvia and Kjeldor."— King Darien of Kjeldor
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Royal Herbalist was released in 1996 as part of the Alliances expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. This set was designed to explore the consequences of the game's central narrative conflict, the Ice Age, introducing mechanics like pitching cards for alternate costs to represent desperate tactical maneuvers during a prolonged magical winter.
The card features artwork by Margaret Organ-Kean, who contributed several illustrations to the era. Her design aesthetic for the card focuses on the practical, grounded nature of herbalism within a high-fantasy setting, emphasizing the character's role in the survival of a besieged population. Upon release, the card was viewed as a niche utility piece, typical of the era's focus on small-scale resource management rather than high-powered gameplay effects.
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