---
name: "Recuperate"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "SCG"
set_name: "Scourge"
collector_number: "21"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Tim Hildebrandt"
oracle_id: "07d7f9d2-5414-4aaf-b6f2-1fedf16c3af7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/recuperate-scg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Recuperate
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Choose one —
• You gain 6 life.
• Prevent the next 6 damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Healing Salve](/printing/healing-salve-mir.md) — Instant
2. [Healing Leaves](/printing/healing-leaves-plc.md) — Instant
3. [Save Life](/printing/save-life-unh.md) — Instant
4. [Reverse Damage](/printing/reverse-damage-3ed.md) — Instant
5. [Balm of Restoration](/printing/balm-of-restoration-fem.md) — Artifact
6. [Alabaster Potion](/printing/alabaster-potion-leg.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Scourge (SCG) #21
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Tim Hildebrandt
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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