---
name: "Nourishing Shoal"
mana_cost: "{X}{G}{G}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant — Arcane"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "BOK"
set_name: "Betrayers of Kamigawa"
collector_number: "137"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Greg Staples"
oracle_id: "2aa0e0e5-cb6d-4518-8eff-d29f935486e0"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/nourishing-shoal-bok"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Nourishing Shoal
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{G}{G}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant — Arcane

## Oracle 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.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [March of Burgeoning Life](/printing/march-of-burgeoning-life-neo.md) — Instant
2. [Force of Vigor](/printing/force-of-vigor-mh1.md) — Instant
3. [Martyr of Spores](/printing/martyr-of-spores-csp.md) — Creature — Human Shaman
4. [Taste of Paradise](/printing/taste-of-paradise-all.md) — Sorcery
5. [Sickening Shoal](/printing/sickening-shoal-bok.md) — Instant — Arcane
6. [Nourish](/printing/nourish-dst.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Betrayers of Kamigawa (BOK) #137
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Greg Staples
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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