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Alabaster Potion
Oracle Text
Choose one —
• Target player gains X life.
• Prevent the next X damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.
Card Details
Mana CostCharacter Background
Alabaster Potion is a classic white instant from Fourth Edition that perfectly captures the color’s patient, protective ethos: rather than winning by force, it buys time, stabilizes life totals, and lets a disciplined pilot outlast a rush. At {X}{W}{W}, it scales into the late game as either a burst of life or a shield against a lethal attack, making it especially useful in control and midrange shells that want flexible interaction on the opponent’s turn. In aggro mirrors, the damage-prevention mode can blank an attack step or save a key creature from combat math, while the life-gain mode helps race burn or chip damage. It pairs well with effects that reward high life totals, such as cards caring about being above a threshold, and with decks that can reliably hold up mana, including build-around white control lists with extra land drops or mana acceleration. For deckbuilding, treat it as a sideboard-style tool unless your metagame is highly aggressive.
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Character Background
Alabaster Potion is a classic white instant from Fourth Edition that perfectly captures the color’s patient, protective ethos: rather than winning by force, it buys time, stabilizes life totals, and lets a disciplined pilot outlast a rush. At {X}{W}{W}, it scales into the late game as either a burst of life or a shield against a lethal attack, making it especially useful in control and midrange shells that want flexible interaction on the opponent’s turn. In aggro mirrors, the damage-prevention mode can blank an attack step or save a key creature from combat math, while the life-gain mode helps race burn or chip damage. It pairs well with effects that reward high life totals, such as cards caring about being above a threshold, and with decks that can reliably hold up mana, including build-around white control lists with extra land drops or mana acceleration. For deckbuilding, treat it as a sideboard-style tool unless your metagame is highly aggressive.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-08-11 19:10:45 UTC