Alabaster Potion
Instant
Choose one —
• Target player gains X life.
• Prevent the next X damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Rivals Quick Start Set
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #22246
Alabaster Potion pays X white mana to gain X life or prevent X damage — flexible on paper, but the rate is poor by any modern standard. Paying full mana for life gain or damage prevention with no additional effect is not where you want to be in Commander or anywhere else.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Alabaster Potion is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Commander, life gain decks running Oloro, Ageless Ascetic or Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim have access to far more efficient payoffs — Alabaster Potion doesn't trigger anything, doesn't scale past its mana investment, and doesn't advance a board state. Pauper is the only format where the card's age-old simplicity might seem appealing, but even there, Healing Salve effects are near-unplayable without a specific combo shell exploiting them. Across every legal format, Alabaster Potion is outclassed.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't available for Alabaster Potion at this time — check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for current listings. Given that it's a bulk-grade card with no competitive application, expect it to be cheap if you're hunting a copy for a casual or nostalgia build.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.