Elvish Healer
Creature — Elf Cleric
: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn. If it's a green creature, prevent the next 2 damage instead.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ice Age
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #30574
Elvish Healer taps to prevent 1 damage — a ability so marginal it rarely changes the outcome of any game state that matters. At one mana for a 1/1 with no other upside, it doesn't make the cut in any competitive or casual list.
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 |
Elvish Healer is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality is not a reason to run it. In Commander, 40 life and four opponents mean a single point of damage prevention is irrelevant at almost every stage of the game. Pauper is the one format where commons see the most scrutiny, and Elvish Healer still doesn't have a home there — the format's creature staples demand either an immediate board impact or a meaningful role in a combo shell, and this provides neither. Across every format where it's legal, there is a better one-mana green creature for any conceivable slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Elvish Healer is deep bulk — the kind of card that ends up in a collection binder and never leaves. The price reflects the demand accurately: there is no archetype hunting for copies, so it has nowhere to go but sideways.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.