{"product_id":"healing-salve","title":"Healing Salve (Original Art)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHealing Salve\u003c\/em\u003e is a one-mana white instant, first printed in \u003cem\u003eAlpha\u003c\/em\u003e (1993). It is one of the original “boons” from \u003cem\u003eAlpha\u003c\/em\u003e, the cycle of one-mana instants that defined each color’s identity. It represents the idea of white’s protective, reactive philosophy-helping, preventing, and saving. You can choose to gain 3 life, or to prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn. It modern eyes, it’s considered the weakest of the five “boons” (the others being \u003cem\u003eAncestral Recall\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDark Ritual\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGiant Growth\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eLightning Bolt\u003c\/em\u003e), but back in 1993, it was part of learning Magic’s basic color identities. During 1993-1995 Magic’s scene, Mono-White and White-Blue Control decks sometimes ran one or two copies, but it was quickly replaced by more powerful tools like \u003cem\u003eSwords to Plowshares\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDisenchant\u003c\/em\u003e. In Old School (93\/94), \u003cem\u003eHealing Salve\u003c\/em\u003e can see some niche, but nostalgic play in decks such as Mono-White Control and White Weenie builds. \u003cem\u003eHealing Salve\u003c\/em\u003e is not on the reserved list, it has been reprinted many times.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"artwhirled","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44762008158253,"sku":null,"price":0.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/8000\/6957\/files\/Healing_Salve_Original_Art_alpha_front_a_white.jpg?v=1775126403","url":"https:\/\/artwhirled.com\/products\/healing-salve","provider":"Art Whirled","version":"1.0","type":"link"}