---
name: "Royal Herbalist"
mana_cost: "{W}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Creature — Human Cleric"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "ALL"
set_name: "Alliances"
collector_number: "15a"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Douglas Shuler"
oracle_id: "b3baf498-3be7-4a22-8fed-806d8d8ac748"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/royal-herbalist-all"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Royal Herbalist
- **Mana Cost:** `{W}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Cleric
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1

## Oracle Text
{2}, Exile the top card of your library: You gain 1 life.

> *"Just as an Herbalist heals a wound, so must we heal the rift between Balduvia and Kjeldor."
—King Darien of Kjeldor*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Soul Shepherd](/printing/soul-shepherd-wth.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
2. [Silent Attendant](/printing/silent-attendant-usg.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
3. [Samite Herbalist](/printing/samite-herbalist-dmu.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
4. [Temple Elder](/printing/temple-elder-p02.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
5. [Soulmender](/printing/soulmender-plst.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
6. [Tonic Peddler](/printing/tonic-peddler-mmq.md) — Creature — Human Spellshaper

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alliances (ALL) #15a
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Douglas Shuler
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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