---
name: "Purity"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}{W}{W}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Elemental Incarnation"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "LRW"
set_name: "Lorwyn"
collector_number: "37"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Warren Mahy"
oracle_id: "23ef92b0-2298-4e8d-bf64-46d096c84a9d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/purity-lrw"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Purity
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}{W}{W}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Creature — Elemental Incarnation
- **Power/Toughness:** 6/6
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
If noncombat damage would be dealt to you, prevent that damage. You gain life equal to the damage prevented this way.
When Purity is put into a graveyard from anywhere, shuffle it into its owner's library.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Dawn Elemental](/printing/dawn-elemental-scg.md) — Creature — Elemental
2. [Phyrexian Vindicator](/printing/phyrexian-vindicator-one.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Horror
3. [Swans of Bryn Argoll](/printing/swans-of-bryn-argoll-shm.md) — Creature — Bird Spirit
4. [Decorated Griffin](/printing/decorated-griffin-ths.md) — Creature — Griffin
5. [Noble Vestige](/printing/noble-vestige-zen.md) — Creature — Spirit
6. [Guardian Seraph](/printing/guardian-seraph-m10.md) — Creature — Angel

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Lorwyn (LRW) #37
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Warren Mahy
- **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`