Master Healer
Creature — Human Cleric
: Prevent the next 4 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Ninth Edition
- Price
- $0.25
- EDHREC rank
- #28104
Master Healer trades all its tap activations for life gain — five mana to activate, no combat step required — and in Commander that math almost never pencils out. A 1/5 body with a costly tap ability is a defensive speed bump, not a engine piece.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Master Healer is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive Constructed formats have never touched it — five mana to gain life at sorcery speed is simply too slow when faster, cheaper life gain exists everywhere. In Commander it finds its only plausible home: dedicated life-gain-matters decks where each activation triggers payoffs and the 1/5 body blocks profitably. Even there, it sits at the bottom of the curve of consideration, competing with substantially more efficient repeatable sources. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's verdict — niche at best.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.25 bulk tier
At $0.25, Master Healer is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not power. Demand is narrow enough that this price is stable, but there's no catalyst to push it higher.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.