---
name: "Samite Sanctuary"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "PCY"
set_name: "Prophecy"
collector_number: "21"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Ben Thompson"
oracle_id: "9e6e1ea6-4682-4056-b70e-fe45d0c9fdee"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/samite-sanctuary-pcy"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Samite Sanctuary
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
{2}: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn. Any player may activate this ability.

> *Our war is against suffering, not against those who cause it.
—Samite creed*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Samite Healer](/printing/samite-healer-9ed.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
2. [Samite Blessing](/printing/samite-blessing-sth.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Sanctum Custodian](/printing/sanctum-custodian-usg.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
4. [Samite Alchemist](/printing/samite-alchemist-hml.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
5. [Samite Ministration](/printing/samite-ministration-inv.md) — Instant
6. [Shieldmate's Blessing](/printing/shieldmates-blessing-zen.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Prophecy (PCY) #21
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Ben Thompson
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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