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Herbal Poultice

Artifact

{3}, Sacrifice this artifact: Regenerate target creature.

CMC
0
Mana cost
{0}
Color identity
C
Rarity
common
Set
Lorwyn
Price
$0.40
EDHREC rank
#10676
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Herbal Poultice card art
Herbal Poultice is a zero-mana artifact that sits in play doing nothing until a specific engine needs it — the on-board presence is real, but the card itself is inert without a payoff. Cavalier of Dawn can target it to recycle a threat, and Fblthp, Lost on the Range tops it to dig for it off adventures, making it a combo piece masquerading as junk.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Fblthp, Lost on the Range

Fblthp, Lost on the Range

57.9% of decks · synergy 0.57

Fblthp, Lost on the Range tops its library to cast spells off adventures, and Herbal Poultice being a zero-mana artifact means Fblthp can find and cast it for free to keep the chain moving — it's a free hit that doesn't break the engine.

02
Meria, Scholar of Antiquity

Meria, Scholar of Antiquity

27.5% of decks · synergy 0.27

Meria, Scholar of Antiquity taps noncreature artifacts for mana and card advantage, and Herbal Poultice is a zero-cost artifact that enters untapped and ready to contribute immediately — it's pure fuel with no investment required.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Herbal Poultice is a narrow inclusion — it shows up in specific artifact or adventure-based engines and nowhere else. Pauper is the format where it occasionally surfaces in zero-cost artifact synergy shells that need the cheapest possible bodies to trigger Affinity or Metalcraft effects. In Legacy and Vintage it's theoretically legal but has never carved out a role; the competition at zero mana is brutal. Outside of a dedicated engine that explicitly rewards free artifacts, Herbal Poultice is a bulk card in every format it's legal in.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.40 bulk tier

At $0.40, Herbal Poultice is deep bulk — you're paying for availability, not scarcity. Demand is narrow enough that this price is a ceiling as much as a floor; it won't climb without a new engine that breaks free artifacts wide open.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.