Nourishing Shoal

{X}{G}{G} · Instant — Arcane

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.

Rulings (2)

Dec 7, 2018 · If a card in a player's hand has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.

Dec 7, 2018 · If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, include the value chosen for that X when determining the mana value of that spell, even if it was cast for an alternative cost and no mana was spent on X.

LegacyLegal

VintageLegal

ModernLegal

PioneerNot legal

StandardNot legal

PauperNot legal

PremodernNot legal

cEDHLegal

Where it’s played now

Inclusion by archetype · Modern

% of archetype's lists running it · last 30 days · n=28 decks

Archetype	Format	Inclusion	Copies	Decks (n)
Neobrand	Modern	89.3%	1–2×	28

Data as of Jun 14, 2026 · MTGO + papercasthaven.com

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