Kithkin Healer
Creature — Kithkin Cleric
: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Lorwyn
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #28418
Kithkin Healer offers one life to each of up to three targets at sorcery speed for three mana — an effect so marginal it barely registers on a 100-life Commander table. Outside of dedicated lifegain synergy decks, this slot has better options in almost every format.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Kithkin Healer sees no meaningful play in Legacy, Vintage, or Modern, where three mana for conditional one-life increments is not a competitive rate by any measure. In Commander, the only home is a dedicated lifegain-matters shell — think Oloro, Ageless Ascetic or Ajani, Nacatl Pariah — where even a single life point triggers payoffs, but there are stronger options at this slot. Pauper is the closest thing to a natural home given the common-only restriction, though even there the effect is too slow and too small to displace creatures that gain life more efficiently.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Kithkin Healer is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills a penny bin rather than a trade binder. Don't expect this price to move; demand is too narrow to push it above bulk floor.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.