Wellwisher

Although I agree with people who say Wellwisher is the best for gaining life I have to say it comes close to Planeswalker Nissa Revane. One of her abilities allow you to add +2 Get 2 life for every Elf. So having one or the other for life gaining purpose is good. I run both in my Elf deck. Why? Well simply put this way. Once you have Nissa Revane up to 7 you can -7 and grab any number of Elf creatures from your library and put them onto the battlefield at no mana cost. I got to use that only once so far but it really matters not at all, she's a bonus in my Elf deck. I usually have my opponent beat by turn 4 but sometimes go to turn 6. So in conculsion, Wellwisher satisfies me, and my deck.

all my friends hated me for this card =P
The Nissa Revane prototype xD

@at MagicMasta
it is said if you call yourself that and even such brilliant cards as the mox are wased on you if you cant even read this card

that one guy below me who said you only gain one life a turn is obviously autistic and can't read. really? you'd spend your sol ring and black lotus and five moxes on a stream of life to gain 9 life and you have a deck based on it? wow...ANYWAY wellwisher is an amazing card especially with cards like elvish prominade and imperious perfect. i've seen well over 10,000 life in a game with the tokens i've generated. By far one of the most UNDERrated cards in the game, right up there with dawnstrider.

A couple people mentioned Ambush commander, and I thought Elvish Promenade should also be mentioned. I also greatly enjoy throwing an alpha status on a Heedless One.

lol, in elf vs elf this kicks major butt...and to the idiot that gave this one star, you have to put OTHER elves in your deck, not just this one...

This is a required card for any elf deck, and a great combination for Test of Endurance!

I could easily get 200 life a turn with 4 of these things in my elf deck (And ROFL at 4 life per turn ["You gain 1 life for EACH ELF in play'] meaning if theres any other elf that adds another +1 life) Just use Ambush Commander and your other cards. but watch out for mass creature destructions because they could wipe out all of your land and thats game over for your. Highly under rated card a must for any elf deck.

magic masta is so stupid. 1 life PER ELF. a mediocre elf deck can have 20+ elves on the field at once, 4 wellwishers x 20 elves is 80 PER TURN. more if you have a wirewood lodge or two. stream of life is good for crap unless you have an infinite mana combo. 4 wishers is a must for any elf deck.

what about vitalizes and instill energy? tap her for life, untap her with seeker of skybreak, tap for life again, untap with instill energy, vitalize, tap her for life again, untap with seeker of skybreak again, and finally tap for life again. throw in some wirewood lodges and you have some insane amount of life, especially with a seedborn muse do it during your opponents turn.

Awesome lifegiving elf after a couple Llanawars and Priest of Titania have come out....3 or 4 life per turn....fantastic.

Once again..people thinking small....you have 4 of these beauties in an elf deck..throw in ambush commander (all forrests are 1/1 elves).....and maybe priest of titania? (tap to gain 1 green for each elf in play) You can gain around 75 likfe a turn when you have alot of mana out. Need I mention throwing in some fireballs to pump alllll that mana in to? Owie

i absolutly love this card i have gained tons of life from only one of them averaging around 50 life to 100 life

umm i read the reviews and i don't know who the ediot is that said u can only gain 1 life a turn with this card is but he needs to learn how to read.. . . . 1 life for each elf in play! This card is awesome but harsh on ur opponents. It's an essential in a good elf deck. but don't take my word for it go ahead and get one ur self

4 wellwishers = 16 life, without your whole complicated stream of life combo! Throw in some wirewood lodges, some more elves, and a wirewood symbiote, and you're cookin'!

I love this card. It has saved me the most times out of any card I can remember. It's great with a few wirewood lodges in play, and its low mana cost allows you to start gaining life from the second turn on. Also, another good combo is Seedborn Muse +Wellwisher+Wirewood lodges. It allows you to create life twice as fast.

Before you get your eldamri out, use seeker of skybreak with this baby.... ahhhh lots of life...what a good feeling!

way under rated

This card is Great for Elf Decks. I've gained up to 3000 health with these babies and I don't intend on getting rid of them.

Saves my but very often. I hade over 500 lifes.

great card i get lots of life doing this but #4 and 5 has to think you can just get cards to regenerate them

On its own its not to good but combined with Wirewood Channeler and Pemmins Aura thats a lot different...

wellwisher is a good card for any elf deck but one problem it can be easly destroied. only down side other then that it is a main key to gainning life also the way to do it is get a channel and a fireball and as long as you have gained some life it is pretty much game over for your oppenent

Well well well what do we have here? An elf that taps for life.

1 life a turn? you can only have 4 of these in a deck even if by chance you draw all 4 each will only give 4 life, i grant that life gain is the most overpowered aspect of Magic The Gathering, but even then, some cards just dont make the cut. I'd much rather use sacred nectar, as much life as all 4 wellwishers would give me or, for green, natural spring or stream of life. I have a stream of life deck, with my sol ring, lotus, and all 5 moxes i get 9 life! 'nuff said?