Nourishing Shoal - Ultimate Masters (#175) - Illustrated by Greg Staples - Magic: The Gathering Card

Nourishing Shoal

Card Rules and Details

Card Type: Instant — Arcane

Mana Cost: {X}{G}{G}

Oracle Rules Text: You may exile a green card with mana value X from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. You gain X life.

Set: Ultimate Masters (#175), Rarity: Rare, Artist: Greg Staples

Instant Green Rare Lifegain
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Historical Printings & Sets (1)
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1 Printing
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Nourishing Shoal - Ultimate Masters MTG card scan Nourishing Shoal Ultimate Masters Viewing UMA Rare Greg Staples 2018-12-07

Official Rulings (2)

2018-12-07
If a card in a player's hand has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
2018-12-07
If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, include the value chosen for that X when determining the mana value of that spell, even if it was cast for an alternative cost and no mana was spent on X.

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