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Okay, it's not that awesome, but oh well.

I rescue with Shamgar, and he blocked with Abijah, Son of Samuel. I'm dying. I play A Roman Soldier's Faith (3/3, heal a hero in play) on Shamgar.

A. I gain 3/3 and there's no target for the heal because I'm no longer dying.
B. I was dying and have to heal myself, essentially retreating from battle.

And if there are no other heroes in play?

You can heal something that is not diseased/dying.

That's not accurate. It was asked a year or two ago if you could play Healing of Namaan straight up without a diseased/dying character, in order to use the convert aspect of it. The answer was that to use a healing ability there has to be a valid diseased/dying hero/evil character.

If you play it in battle, you only gain 3/3.

If you play it after battle, you can heal the hero and return him to territory.

Why does it matter if its played in battle or not? Would your answer change if the Hero was Lot (2/2) vs Goliath (10/10) and he played it?

Right, I agree, so why would he only gain 3/3 if he played it in battle?

Right, I agree, so why would he only gain 3/3 if he played it in battle?

I think you are confusing A Roman Soldier's Faith with The Body of Christ. A Roman Soldier's Faith is just a 3/3 enhancement that heals a Hero. The SA doesn't cause the Hero to gain 3/3.

Characters losing by the numbers aren't actually being discarded until battle resolution. People will often play a Healing Enhancement while the cards are still in battle, but it's a logistical shorthand for playing it immediately after the battle. Playing a non-optional Healing card with the only valid target being a hero losing by the numbers, but in no other way decreased/diseased/poisoned/being Discarded will not Heal that hero.