Orim, Samite Healer
Legendary Creature — Human Cleric
: Prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Tempest
- Price
- $2.11
- EDHREC rank
- #25429
Orim, Samite Healer taps to prevent all damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn — a reusable, instant-speed damage shield on a 1/2 body for two mana. The effect is narrow and the stats are irrelevant, so you run her only when your deck specifically rewards tap-to-activate creatures or needs repeatable damage prevention on a stick.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Orim, Samite Healer occupies a niche in tap-synergy decks — Zur the Enchanter and Derevi, Empyrial Tactician shells occasionally use her as a way to loop damage prevention alongside untap effects. Outside of dedicated tap-abuse or lifegain-matters builds, she rarely makes the cut in a 99 where a single-use counterspell or fog effect goes wider. In Legacy and Vintage, where she's legal, she sees no competitive play — the effect doesn't scale to the format's speed. Oathbreaker is her best non-Commander home only if the signature spell is something that benefits from repeated prevention triggers, and even then the competition for two-mana creatures is steep.
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Price Context
Current price
$2.11 cheap tier
At $2.11, Orim, Samite Healer sits at the low end of the rare price range, which is about right for a card with limited competitive demand and a narrow Commander niche. That price is stable rather than upward-moving — pick her up if you need her, but there's no urgency.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.