---
name: "Somberwald Sage"
mana_cost: "{2}{G}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Human Druid"
colors: []
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "INR"
set_name: "Innistrad Remastered"
collector_number: "215"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Steve Argyle"
oracle_id: "f249db15-09fa-4a1c-9461-9ae803c219b6"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/somberwald-sage-inr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Somberwald Sage
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{G}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Druid

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

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Humble Naturalist](/printing/humble-naturalist-iko.md) — Creature — Human Druid
2. [Great Forest Druid](/printing/great-forest-druid-ecl.md) — Creature — Treefolk Druid
3. [Citanul Hierophants](/printing/citanul-hierophants-dsc.md) — Creature — Human Druid
4. [Lifespring Druid](/printing/lifespring-druid-bfz.md) — Creature — Elf Druid
5. [Elfhame Druid](/printing/elfhame-druid-dom.md) — Creature — Elf Druid
6. [Overgrown Zealot](/printing/overgrown-zealot-dsk.md) — Creature — Elf Druid

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Innistrad Remastered (INR) #215
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Steve Argyle

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2012-05-01)* Mana produced by Somberwald Sage can't be spent on noncreature spells that would put creature tokens onto the battlefield.
- *(2012-05-01)* 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).
- *(2012-05-01)* 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.