Convalescent Care
Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have 5 or less life, you gain 3 life and draw a card.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Onslaught
- Price
- $0.32
- EDHREC rank
- #28507
Convalescent Care gives you a free card and 3 life every upkeep you're at 5 or fewer life — essentially a repeating Renewed Faith stapled to a Sign in Blood the moment your life total dips low enough. The catch is that it does nothing above that threshold, so it only earns its slot in decks that plan to live in the danger zone.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Convalescent Care is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but in practice it only sees meaningful play in Commander. In Legacy and Vintage the card is simply too slow and too conditional — three mana for a do-nothing enchantment that requires you to be nearly dead is not a competitive rate in formats that end games quickly. Commander is where Convalescent Care finds its niche: it slots into life-drain or lifegain-matters builds that routinely operate near low life totals, and in long games the cumulative card draw and life padding can be genuinely backbreaking.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.32 bulk tier
At $0.32, Convalescent Care is deep bulk — pick it up for pocket change if the deck calls for it. Don't expect the price to move; the card has a narrow home and sees minimal demand outside niche Commander builds.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.