---
name: "Shining Shoal"
mana_cost: "{X}{W}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant — Arcane"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "BOK"
set_name: "Betrayers of Kamigawa"
collector_number: "21"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Ben Thompson"
oracle_id: "9937dae8-e639-46ad-849b-7e7be93bbbad"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/shining-shoal-bok"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
You may exile a white card with mana value X from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
The next X damage that a source of your choice would deal to you and/or creatures you control this turn is dealt to any target instead.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sickening Shoal](/printing/sickening-shoal-bok.md) — Instant — Arcane
2. [Divine Deflection](/printing/divine-deflection-avr.md) — Instant
3. [Harm's Way](/printing/harms-way-ddg.md) — Instant
4. [Reverent Mantra](/printing/reverent-mantra-sld.md) — Instant
5. [Blazing Shoal](/printing/blazing-shoal-bok.md) — Instant — Arcane
6. [March of Otherworldly Light](/printing/march-of-otherworldly-light-neo.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Betrayers of Kamigawa (BOK) #21
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Ben Thompson
- **Total Printings:** 8 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`