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◇ Catalog #55

Somberwald Sage

DIGITAL ONLY

sis·#55·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Steve Argyle

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Mar '23

3 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #2,532 · Niche pick

Variants

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Creature — Human Druid

{T}: Add three mana of any one color. Spend this mana only to cast creature spells.

0/1

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 3

2012-05-01wotc

Mana produced by Somberwald Sage can't be spent on noncreature spells that would put creature tokens onto the battlefield.

2012-05-01wotc

Mana produced by Somberwald Sage can be spent on any part of a creature spell's total cost. This includes additional costs (such as kicker) and alternative costs (such as evoke costs).

2012-05-01wotc

Mana produced by Somberwald Sage can't be spent on activated abilities, even ones that put a creature card directly onto the battlefield, such as unearth or ninjutsu.

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from SIS — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #55 of *Shadows of the Past*, the set that shipped alongside the March 2023 Shadows of the Past release.

Card type: Creature — Human Druid, color identity green, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {2}{G} (3 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #2,532 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Steve Argyle. Rarix catalogs 477 other cards credited to this artist.