---
name: "Heron of Hope"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Bird"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "VOW"
set_name: "Innistrad: Crimson Vow"
collector_number: "18"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Daarken"
oracle_id: "f297648b-0dda-4c58-a3eb-fdabdfb42177"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/heron-of-hope-vow"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Heron of Hope
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Bird
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/3
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
If you would gain life, you gain that much life plus 1 instead.
{1}{W}: This creature gains lifelink until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Healer's Hawk](/printing/healers-hawk-fdn.md) — Creature — Bird
2. [Aven of Enduring Hope](/printing/aven-of-enduring-hope-hou.md) — Creature — Bird Cleric
3. [Arctic Aven](/printing/arctic-aven-m13.md) — Creature — Bird Wizard
4. [Golden Sidekick](/printing/golden-sidekick-ydsk.md) — Enchantment Creature — Bat Glimmer
5. [Lotusguard Disciple](/printing/lotusguard-disciple-dft.md) — Creature — Bird Cleric
6. [Serra Ascendant](/printing/serra-ascendant-ima.md) — Creature — Human Monk

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Innistrad: Crimson Vow (VOW) #18
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Daarken
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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