Sylvan Primordial
Gatecrash 136 • rare
- Set
- Gatecrash
- Collector number
- 136
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 5 generic mana green mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Stephan Martiniere
- Market price
- $2.03
What it does
Reach
When this creature enters, for each opponent, destroy target noncreature permanent that player controls. For each permanent destroyed this way, search your library for a Forest card and put that card onto the battlefield tapped. Then shuffle.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderBanned
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerBanned
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Where it came from
Sylvan Primordial was released in 2013 as part of the Gatecrash expansion for Magic: The Gathering. Within the game's lore, the Primordials are ancient elemental embodiments of the various guilds of Ravnica, designed to represent the raw, primal forces of nature. This card specifically aligns with the Simic Combine, a guild focused on biological adaptation and the marriage of nature with technology, which explains the creature's formidable presence and land-oriented utility.
The artwork was illustrated by Chase Stone, who sought to capture the towering, imposing scale of the creature as it emerges from the wilderness. The design emphasizes the card's theme of growth and restoration, reflecting the mechanical intent of the developers to provide a powerful late-game threat that could stabilize the board. Upon its release, it became a significant presence in competitive play, eventually leading to its restriction in certain formats due to the overwhelming advantage it provided in multiplayer environments.
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