You can now hard cast Elesh Norn on turn 3 in standard. Just once I want to live that dream.
brockdjwest
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(8 votes)
This is the one card in the set that made my jaw drop.
Nerphice
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(5 votes)
It might have low toughness and die to anything that hits it.. but black lotus on a stick will make big spells hit fast.
..I just wish it was an elf.
Trygon_Predator
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(3 votes)
Green is going to be ramping like there's no tomorrow.
lorendorky
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(4 votes)
Green goth chick with an owl.
djflo
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
A utillity creature which is must remove or die. Cool.
RJStCroix
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(4 votes)
this will be a ramp deck staple soon enough.
turn 1: forest - birds of paradise turn 2: forest - somberwald sage turn 3: forest - primeval titan - fetch Kessig Wolf Run/mountain turn 4: forest - swing for 12 with titan and ask if they are done getting crushed lol.
of course that a perfect draw type play, but its possible AND standard legal. the possibilities of some of the cards in this set have my deck building juices flowing.
dingdongkid
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
This was amazing at the prerelease.
Turn 1&2: Land Turn 3: Land, this. Turn 4: Land, Vorstclaw Turn 5: Land, Vorstclaw He bounces one, and kills this. Turn 6: Land, hardcast Vorstclaw.
RJDroid
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(3 votes)
Back in the old days of Magic, when creatures sucked and spells reigned supreme, I can imagine this being a 50-cent rare.
Now, thanks to the absolutely insane creatures that are made today, it is priced at... $2.
Huh. I doubt it will stay that low. Creatures will keep getting better, and Somberwald Sage's value will only scale up with each set.
Grond88
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Amazing card. Won multiple games at the prerelease on the back of turn 3 this, turn four Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
SyntheticDreamer
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
If you can get one or two of these out and keep them alive, you win the game. Ramp decks have a new best friend.
Mirran_Savior
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Today, April 30th, this card is worth.... 2 dollars. Im gonna come back to this card about 2-3 months from now and see where this has progressed. IMO this may be in the same league as Snapcaster Mage.
Fenix.
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This lets you cast Elesh Norn on turn 4 with only 4 lands. That's how insane this card is. It's only logical that it dies to every removal spell under the sun.
Lord_of_the_Real
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Guys, guys, you're doing it all wrong! THIS is living the dream:
@Blaze Was playtesting my standard legal deck today and managed to do that. T1 Land, Avacyn's Pilgrim T2 Land, This Lovely Lady T3 Land, Elesh Norn It was beautiful until my brother immediately O-Ringed it =)
Mike-C
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Essentially a free repeatable summoner on a stick in a color that summons more than any other in the game?? Sick NASTY. Watch how "inflation" works over time as the price tag skyrockets!!
Loompy
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Black Lotus on a creature. What is not to love? Creature restriction means almost nothing since in ramp decks creatures are almost always more mana costly than other permanents/spells. Throw an Instill Energy on her, and you get six mana the turn she enters play
CoryFPS
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Omnath, Locus of Mana use the mana to cast him and then add three extre green too your mana pool each turn.
Lord_Of_the_Sphinx
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Played against this in TWO matches at FNM last night... lost both matches its WAY powerful.
Somberwald Sage is an immaculately well designed card. if it were a 0/3 or a 2/2, I think it'd be a little too good.
I know that doesn't really make THAT much of a difference, but with Gut Shot and Galvanic Blast in standard currently, the Sage doesn't last on the field for too long.
But if she does, oh boy... your opponent will have a world of hurt. A turn 3 Primeval? a 5/5 Primordial Hydra on turn 3? Elesh Norn? Jeez, the list goes on.
Thus is why it's so well designed. 4.5/5 for the fact that nearly no card is perfect.
Murion
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I have one question: all the manas MUST be the same color?
huntr101
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is how one of my last games went with this card in my auras deck.
Turn 1 - Mountain Turn 2 - Razor verge Thicket, cast lightning mauler Turn 3 - slayer's stronghold, cast Somberwald sage, bond with lightning mauler, tap Sage for three green mana, cast 2nd Somberwald sage Turn 4 - forest, tap 1st sage for white, tap second sage for green, cast Krond the dawn-clad, cast rancor and target Krond, Use slayer's stronghold to pump krond, and swing for 10 dmg exiling his flyer. Turn 5 - plains, tap 1st sage for white, tap second for blue, cast Bruna, light of alabaster, use stronghold again but this time target bruna, swing both flyers for 15 dmg exiling his second flyer.
I realize that this was a crazy quick game and I will most likely never be able to do it again but I thought it was worth sharing. I love these sages. 4.5
never before have I played a creature spell that draws more counters and removal than this one. you're in trouble if you don't get rid of this ramp-master immediately. amazing utility card (or decoy for something else up your sleeve)
Xinsden
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card is an amazing mana dork... She's like a Gilded Lotus... For creatures!
David.O
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Does she have braids?? It looks like she does
DarthParallax
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I think it's possible that this card is the second-most essential card for a Krond, the Dawn-Clad EDH or other format of any kind deck, right behind Krond himself.
This is a Green card that can tap for 3 white mana at once. That suddenly makes Krond look castable.
The most color-dense creature in the entire game. I'm not sure if Krond or Progenitus is *absolutely* harder to hard cast, but I think in 3-or more colored decks, it's probably Krond. In 4 or 5 color decks, it's DEFINITELY Krond.
Go ahead and toss Phyrexian Obliterator, and Krond, the Dawn-Clad into your Progenitus decks. You probably will cast Obliterator more often than Krond.
Although this card is very limited in its use, *what* it does, it's GOOOOD at doing. Coupled with any other Green producer of NON-Green mana (sorry Elves, you're not part of this), and it comes very close to being as usable as a Chromatic Lantern.
Every #/G/xx creature is better because this card exists to cast them.
blurrymadness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
7 mana on T4 with no other acceleration. 7 mana T3 with just Llannowar Elves
Could really get close to Sneak Attacking in Modern
Potrezebie
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Fantastic card. Allows me to play all my 3-drop creatures and save my lands for abilities, or takes the sting out of a 6-drop. Gives me color to splash any creature, such as Vampire Nighthawk in my green white deck.
Pairs real well with Kiora’s Follower or Seeker of Skybreak for six mana of two colors ie: Krond, the dawn-clad.
Pairs stupid great with Swiftfoot Boots, so the Sage can essentially pay its own mana cost for casting, and stick around. And let me tell you, when your friends figure this one out, they won’t save their removal for Terra Stomper...
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..I just wish it was an elf.
turn 1: forest - birds of paradise
turn 2: forest - somberwald sage
turn 3: forest - primeval titan - fetch Kessig Wolf Run/mountain
turn 4: forest - swing for 12 with titan and ask if they are done getting crushed lol.
of course that a perfect draw type play, but its possible AND standard legal. the possibilities of some of the cards in this set have my deck building juices flowing.
Turn 1&2: Land
Turn 3: Land, this.
Turn 4: Land, Vorstclaw
Turn 5: Land, Vorstclaw
He bounces one, and kills this.
Turn 6: Land, hardcast Vorstclaw.
Now, thanks to the absolutely insane creatures that are made today, it is priced at... $2.
Huh. I doubt it will stay that low. Creatures will keep getting better, and Somberwald Sage's value will only scale up with each set.
T1: Forest, Birds of Paradise
T2: Forest, Somberwald Sage
T3: Forest, Phyrexian Obliterator, Lure
T4: Attack for great justice
Absolutely sick.
Was playtesting my standard legal deck today and managed to do that.
T1 Land, Avacyn's Pilgrim
T2 Land, This Lovely Lady
T3 Land, Elesh Norn
It was beautiful until my brother immediately O-Ringed it =)
T1: Forest, Birds
T2: Forest, Sage
T3: Forest
Tap all 3 lands, 1 birds, 1 sage
ELESH NORN :)
While I don't like the obscene power-level of this one, I love this card and her cousin Blood Artist.
T2 forest, birds of paradise -> somberwald sage
T3 forest, birds of paradise, somberwald sage -> a 5 counter primordial hydra
T4 primordial hydra grows to 10 trample
I know that doesn't really make THAT much of a difference, but with Gut Shot and Galvanic Blast in standard currently, the Sage doesn't last on the field for too long.
But if she does, oh boy... your opponent will have a world of hurt. A turn 3 Primeval? a 5/5 Primordial Hydra on turn 3? Elesh Norn? Jeez, the list goes on.
Thus is why it's so well designed. 4.5/5 for the fact that nearly no card is perfect.
Turn 1 - Mountain
Turn 2 - Razor verge Thicket, cast lightning mauler
Turn 3 - slayer's stronghold, cast Somberwald sage, bond with lightning mauler, tap Sage for three green mana, cast 2nd Somberwald sage
Turn 4 - forest, tap 1st sage for white, tap second sage for green, cast Krond the dawn-clad, cast rancor and target Krond, Use slayer's stronghold to pump krond, and swing for 10 dmg exiling his flyer.
Turn 5 - plains, tap 1st sage for white, tap second for blue, cast Bruna, light of alabaster, use stronghold again but this time target bruna, swing both flyers for 15 dmg exiling his second flyer.
I realize that this was a crazy quick game and I will most likely never be able to do it again but I thought it was worth sharing. I love these sages. 4.5
Turn 2 THIS
Turn 3 Phage the Untouchable.
This is a Green card that can tap for 3 white mana at once. That suddenly makes Krond look castable.
The most color-dense creature in the entire game. I'm not sure if Krond or Progenitus is *absolutely* harder to hard cast, but I think in 3-or more colored decks, it's probably Krond. In 4 or 5 color decks, it's DEFINITELY Krond.
Go ahead and toss Phyrexian Obliterator, and Krond, the Dawn-Clad into your Progenitus decks. You probably will cast Obliterator more often than Krond.
Although this card is very limited in its use, *what* it does, it's GOOOOD at doing. Coupled with any other Green producer of NON-Green mana (sorry Elves, you're not part of this), and it comes very close to being as usable as a Chromatic Lantern.
Every #/G/xx creature is better because this card exists to cast them.
7 mana T3 with just Llannowar Elves
Could really get close to Sneak Attacking in Modern
Pairs real well with Kiora’s Follower or Seeker of Skybreak for six mana of two colors ie: Krond, the dawn-clad.
Pairs stupid great with Swiftfoot Boots, so the Sage can essentially pay its own mana cost for casting, and stick around. And let me tell you, when your friends figure this one out, they won’t save their removal for Terra Stomper...