---
name: "Mending Hands"
mana_cost: "{W}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "9ED"
set_name: "Ninth Edition"
collector_number: "29"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Douglas Shuler"
oracle_id: "a612f30d-cd55-438b-a7de-8c80509183aa"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/mending-hands-9ed"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
Prevent the next 4 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.

> *私は血を止めることも、身体を癒すことも、骨を接ぐこともできよう。 だが希望を取り戻すことはできぬ。 ――狐の癒し手、和手*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Shieldmate's Blessing](/printing/shieldmates-blessing-zen.md) — Instant
2. [Remedy](/printing/remedy-vis.md) — Instant
3. [Bandage](/printing/bandage-sth.md) — Instant
4. [Master Healer](/printing/master-healer-7ed.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
5. [Hold at Bay](/printing/hold-at-bay-bng.md) — Instant
6. [Healing Grace](/printing/healing-grace-plst.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ninth Edition (9ED) #29
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Douglas Shuler
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

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