---
name: "Healing Salve"
mana_cost: "{W}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "7ED"
set_name: "Seventh Edition"
collector_number: "18"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt"
oracle_id: "8da8644c-75a1-4fe9-8e94-900d948d631c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/healing-salve-7ed"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Healing Salve
- **Mana Cost:** `{W}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Choose one —
• Target player gains 3 life.
• Prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Healing Leaves](/printing/healing-leaves-plc.md) — Instant
2. [Healing Grace](/printing/healing-grace-plst.md) — Instant
3. [Recuperate](/printing/recuperate-scg.md) — Instant
4. [Save Life](/printing/save-life-unh.md) — Instant
5. [Alabaster Potion](/printing/alabaster-potion-leg.md) — Instant
6. [Heal](/printing/heal-me3.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Seventh Edition (7ED) #18
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt
- **Total Printings:** 93 across all historical editions

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