Hallowed Healer
Creature — Human Cleric
: Prevent the next 2 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.
Threshold — : Prevent the next 4 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn. Activate only if there are seven or more cards in your graveyard.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Odyssey
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #28408
Hallowed Healer is a two-mana 1/1 that prevents 1 damage to a target creature or player whenever another creature attacks — conditional, incremental, and easy to ignore. The cost is real: in Commander, where combats move fast and life totals swing in chunks, drip-prevention this fragile rarely justifies a deck slot.
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 |
Hallowed Healer sees essentially zero competitive play across every format it's legal in. In Commander, life total management tends to matter only at the margins — most tables end on a lethal swing, a combo, or a board wipe, none of which Hallowed Healer's triggered ability meaningfully interrupts. In Pauper, where the card is technically legal, white weenie and lifegain strategies exist but have far more efficient tools; a 1/1 with a passive damage-prevention trigger doesn't make any serious list. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters for a card this underpowered.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Hallowed Healer sits firmly in bulk territory, and that price reflects its real demand — effectively none. Don't expect movement in either direction; this is a card you find in a commons box, not one you track.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.