---
name: "Somberwald Stag"
mana_cost: "{3}{G}{G}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Elk"
colors: []
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Fight"]
set: "JMP"
set_name: "Jumpstart"
collector_number: "431"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Lake Hurwitz"
oracle_id: "b1b67851-23d3-4799-ab29-15bce7bb2c39"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/somberwald-stag-jmp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Somberwald Stag
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{G}{G}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Elk
- **Keywords:** Fight

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, you may have it fight target creature you don't control.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Star-Crowned Stag](/printing/star-crowned-stag-m19.md) — Creature — Elk
2. [Affectionate Indrik](/printing/affectionate-indrik-fdn.md) — Creature — Beast
3. [Axebane Stag](/printing/axebane-stag-rtr.md) — Creature — Elk
4. [Pheres-Band Brawler](/printing/pheres-band-brawler-thb.md) — Creature — Centaur Warrior
5. [Glimmerpoint Stag](/printing/glimmerpoint-stag-ema.md) — Creature — Elk
6. [Springmane Cervin](/printing/springmane-cervin-stx.md) — Creature — Elk

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Jumpstart (JMP) #431
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Lake Hurwitz

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2016-07-13)* If the targeted creature is an illegal target when Somberwald Stag’s ability tries to resolve, the ability doesn’t resolve. If Somberwald Stag is no longer on the battlefield, the targeted creature won’t deal or be dealt damage.
- *(2016-07-13)* You choose the target of the triggered ability as it goes on the stack, but you choose whether or not to fight as that ability resolves.