---
name: "Heartmender"
mana_cost: "{2}{G/W}{G/W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Elemental"
colors: ["G", "W"]
color_identity: ["G", "W"]
keywords: ["Persist"]
set: "SHM"
set_name: "Shadowmoor"
collector_number: "228"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Rebecca Guay"
oracle_id: "ab4cf0ba-617f-4ef6-a831-eb3b41b4ab34"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/heartmender-shm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Heartmender
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{G/W}{G/W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Elemental
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Persist

## Oracle Text
At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a -1/-1 counter from each creature you control.
Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Rhys, the Evermore](/printing/rhys-the-evermore-pecl.md) — Legendary Creature — Elf Warrior
2. [Cauldron of Souls](/printing/cauldron-of-souls-plst.md) — Artifact
3. [Sustaining Spirit](/printing/sustaining-spirit-me2.md) — Creature — Angel Spirit
4. [Cauldron Haze](/printing/cauldron-haze-eve.md) — Instant
5. [Persist](/printing/persist-spg.md) — Sorcery
6. [Restless Apparition](/printing/restless-apparition-mm2.md) — Creature — Spirit

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shadowmoor (SHM) #228
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Rebecca Guay
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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