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Heron of Hope

{3}{W}

Creature — Bird

VOWInnistrad: Crimson Vow#18common
Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 550
Illustrator
Daarken
Found in
Innistrad Crimson Vow Theme Booster White · Innistrad Crimson Vow MTGO Redemption · 5 more
Printings2Combos5EDHREC rank#16,322
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
Flying If you would gain life, you gain that much life plus 1 instead. {1}{W}: This creature gains lifelink until end of turn.
2/3
Flying
Market · per finishspark updated 24h ago · prices as of 2026-08-29
Nonfoil+11.1%
$0.20
$0.01 low$0.00 gapTCGplayer
Foil+25.0%
$0.20
$0.05 low-$0.03 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$0.20· across 2 printings· you're viewing it

Rulings

4 · latest Nov 19, 2021
  • WotCNov 19, 2021

    Each creature with lifelink dealing combat damage causes a separate life-gaining event. For example, if two creatures you control with lifelink deal combat damage at the same time, Heron of Hope's second ability will apply to those two events separately. However, if a single creature you control with lifelink deals combat damage to multiple creatures, players, and/or planeswalkers at the same time (perhaps because it has trample or was blocked by more than one creature), the ability will apply only once.

  • WotCNov 19, 2021

    If you control two Heron of Hopes and you would gain life, you gain that much life plus 2. A third Heron of Hope has you gain that much life plus 3, and so on.

  • WotCNov 19, 2021

    In a Two-Headed Giant game, life gained by your teammate won't cause Heron of Hope's second ability to apply, even though it will cause your team's life total to increase.

  • WotCNov 19, 2021

    The middle ability of Heron of Hope applies just once to each life-gaining event, whether it's 1 life from Impassioned Orator or 4 life from Dawning Angel. If you gain an amount of life "for each" of something or "equal to the number" of something, that life is gained as one event and the ability of Heron of Hope applies only once.