Medicine Runner

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Medicine Runner: Creature - Elf Cleric, Shadowmoor. When this creature enters, you may remove a counter from target permanent. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{G/W}
Mana value
2
Type
Creature - Elf Cleric
Colour identity
White and green (WG)
Power / toughness
2/1
Rarity
Common
Set
Shadowmoor (SHM)
Released
2008-05-02
Collector number
230
Artist
Chippy
Commander rank
28,400 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Medicine Runner

Medicine Runner is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common white and green creature from Shadowmoor (SHM), an expansion set released in May 2008. It is collector number 230 in that set, with art by Chippy. It costs {1}{G/W} to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 2/1 creature. Its colour identity is white and green. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. Shadowmoor is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.17 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

When this creature enters, you may remove a counter from target permanent.

Elvish healers carry vials of the balm known as dawnglow, reserving it for those wounds that herbs cannot treat.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.17 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Medicine Runner by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Medicine Runner, newest first.

  • This can remove any kind of counter, not just a -1/-1 counter.
  • You may target a permanent that doesn’t have a counter on it.

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