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Orcish Medicine

Instant1 generic manaBlack mana

Two protection modes stapled onto one instant, with the caster picking after the opponent commits: indestructible answers targeted removal and lets a creature block up a weight class clean, while lifelink turns a swing or a block into a life swing. Holding it up is the point, letting you name the relevant half once the opponent shows their hand. The amass rider underneath is where the card stops being a plain combat trick: every resolution leaves a permanent behind, growing an existing Orc Army or spinning up a fresh one, so the protection can be spent on a creature you would have traded away anyway and still bank a +1/+1 counter. That is the bargain amass strikes across the board, turning a reactive, sometimes-dead card into one that advances a position. The constraint worth naming is the single target: because the spell reads "target creature," an opponent who removes that creature in response fizzles the whole thing, amass and all, exactly the way any one-target trick whiffs. The design promises value on every cast that resolves, not on every cast. The line it rewards is the grind: soak a hit, gain the life off lifelink, and feed a token that swells a little more each time you reach for it, so the same card keeping a creature alive is quietly assembling a threat behind it.

Orcish Medicine (ltr)
LTR · #104common
Pricing
Normal: $0.28
Foil: $0.28
Oracle Text

Rules text

Target creature gains your choice of lifelink or indestructible until end of turn. Amass Orcs 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.)
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Legal
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
Legal
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