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Ainok Bond-KinutilityBudget$0.09A cheap white creature that helps stabilize the board and can buy time in aggressive matchups. While it doesn't gain life directly, it fills a similar early defensive role in white decks.Healer's HawkutilityBudget$0.09One-mana lifelink creature that repeatedly gains life and stabilizes against aggro. It costs less than Lone Missionary but serves the same life-gain defensive purpose.Soul Wardenutility$2.76A premier life-gain creature that can generate significant life over the course of a game. It is cheaper and lower impact per trigger, but fills the same life-stabilizing role.Soul's Attendantutility$9.06Very similar to Soul Warden, providing repeatable life gain from creatures entering the battlefield. It is a cheaper ongoing life source instead of a one-shot gain.Kor Skyfisherutility$0.57A white 2-drop creature that can reset an enter-the-battlefield effect for additional value and gives you a durable blocker. It pairs especially well with life-gain ETB creatures like Lone Missionary.Benevolent Bodyguardprotection$0.29A cheap white creature that helps protect your board and can trade early, buying time against pressure. It doesn't gain life, but it serves a similar defensive support role.Samite Healerprotection$6.43A classic white creature focused on preventing damage and stabilizing combat. It occupies a similar early-game survival role to a life-gain creature.Pristine Talismanutility$14.88A repeatable source of life gain that helps offset aggressive starts while ramping slightly. It is slower than Lone Missionary but serves the same stabilization function.
