---
name: "Nemata, Primeval Warden"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{G}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Treefolk"
colors: ["B", "G"]
color_identity: ["B", "G"]
keywords: ["Reach"]
set: "DMU"
set_name: "Dominaria United"
collector_number: "209"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Andrew Mar"
oracle_id: "f72558f5-ac5c-4efa-b01b-439bc0bbf18d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/nemata-primeval-warden-dmu"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Nemata, Primeval Warden
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{G}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Treefolk
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/4
- **Keywords:** Reach

## Oracle Text
Reach
If a creature an opponent controls would die, exile it instead. When you do, create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.
{G}, Sacrifice a Saproling: Nemata gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
{1}{B}, Sacrifice two Saprolings: Draw a card.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Nemata, Grove Guardian](/printing/nemata-grove-guardian-plst.md) — Legendary Creature — Treefolk
2. [Necrogenesis](/printing/necrogenesis-ala.md) — Enchantment
3. [Colfenor, the Last Yew](/printing/colfenor-the-last-yew-prm.md) — Legendary Creature — Treefolk Shaman
4. [Yavimaya Elder](/printing/yavimaya-elder-mic.md) — Creature — Human Druid
5. [Greenwarden of Murasa](/printing/greenwarden-of-murasa-ecc.md) — Creature — Elemental
6. [Nissa's Chosen](/printing/nissas-chosen-prm.md) — Creature — Elf Warrior

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Dominaria United (DMU) #209
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Andrew Mar
- **Total Printings:** 23 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`