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Healing SalveprotectionBudget$1.44Classic white prevention spell that can stop damage to a creature or player, matching Samite Healer’s defensive role in a cheaper, one-shot form.HydroblastprotectionBudget$2.77Instant-speed protection piece that can nullify red damage or remove a red permanent, often acting as a stronger color-specific damage prevention effect.LifelinkprotectionBudget$0.21A cheap white aura that turns damage into life gain over time, serving as a reusable combat-trick style defensive tool.Mother of Runesprotection$8.32Like Samite Healer, it is a cheap white utility creature that protects targets repeatedly, though by giving protection instead of preventing damage.Giver of Runesprotection$10.09A more modern upgrade to Mother of Runes that repeatedly shields creatures from damage and removal through protection.Samite PilgrimprotectionBudget$0.08Very close functional cousin: a white cleric that prevents damage to a target creature each turn, but with a slightly different combat-focused restriction.Benalish MissionaryutilityBudget$0.09A cheap white cleric that provides a defensive body and can absorb damage through its ability, fitting the same small utility creature slot.Dauntless BodyguardprotectionBudget$0.16A similar cheap white creature that protects a key target from lethal damage by sacrificing itself, functioning as a proactive shield.
