---
name: "Alabaster Potion"
mana_cost: "{X}{W}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "REN"
set_name: "Renaissance"
collector_number: "2"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Harold McNeill"
oracle_id: "2fcca686-03c8-4407-9f9f-2b7462470044"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/alabaster-potion-ren"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Alabaster Potion
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{W}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Choose one —
• Target player gains X life.
• Prevent the next X damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Healing Salve](/printing/healing-salve-mir.md) — Instant
2. [Atalya, Samite Master](/printing/atalya-samite-master-inv.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Cleric
3. [Recuperate](/printing/recuperate-scg.md) — Instant
4. [Healing Leaves](/printing/healing-leaves-plc.md) — Instant
5. [Heliod's Intervention](/printing/heliods-intervention-plst.md) — Instant
6. [Save Life](/printing/save-life-unh.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Renaissance (REN) #2
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Harold McNeill
- **Total Printings:** 33 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `not_legal`