---
name: "Heart-Shaped Herb"
mana_cost: "{4}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "MSC"
set_name: "Marvel Super Heroes Commander"
collector_number: "105"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Andreia Ugrai"
oracle_id: "20418984-bc6d-42e5-ada6-30b5281925c0"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/heart-shaped-herb-msc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Heart-Shaped Herb
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
If a source an opponent controls would deal damage to you, prevent 1 of that damage.
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You may sacrifice a creature. If you do, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control with three +1/+1 counters on it and you become the monarch.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Protector of the Crown](/printing/protector-of-the-crown-cn2.md) — Creature — Giant Soldier
2. [Jade Monolith](/printing/jade-monolith-4ed.md) — Artifact
3. [General's Regalia](/printing/generals-regalia-mmq.md) — Artifact
4. [Jared Carthalion, True Heir](/printing/jared-carthalion-true-heir-prm.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Warrior
5. [Auriok Replica](/printing/auriok-replica-som.md) — Artifact Creature — Cleric
6. [Heroic Sacrifice](/printing/heroic-sacrifice-msc.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Marvel Super Heroes Commander (MSC) #105
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Andreia Ugrai
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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