Sylvan Primordial
Sylvan Primordial: Creature - Avatar, Gatecrash. Reach. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {5}{G}{G}
- Mana value
- 7
- Type
- Creature - Avatar
- Colour identity
- Green (G)
- Power / toughness
- 6/8
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Gatecrash (GTC)
- Released
- 2013-02-01
- Collector number
- 136
- Artist
- Stephan Martiniere
- Keywords
- Reach
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About Sylvan Primordial
Sylvan Primordial is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare green creature from Gatecrash (GTC), an expansion set released in February 2013. It is collector number 136 in that set, with art by Stephan Martiniere. It costs {5}{G}{G} (five generic and two green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 7. It is a 6/8 creature. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Duel Commander, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It is banned in Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Gatecrash (2013) to Pioneer Masters (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.58 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Reach
When this creature enters, for each opponent, destroy target noncreature permanent that player controls. Search your library for up to X Forest cards, where X is the number of permanents destroyed this way, put those cards onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.58 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Sylvan Primordial by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Banned |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Banned |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Sylvan Primordial
Sylvan Primordial has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Pioneer Masters (PIO) #197 | Rare | 2024 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Sylvan Primordial, newest first.
- If an opponent has any legal permanents to target, you must target one of them.
- If Sylvan Primordial’s enters-the-battlefield ability resolves but one of the target noncreature permanents isn’t destroyed (perhaps because it has indestructible or it regenerated), it won’t count toward the number of Forest cards you can put onto the battlefield.
- You search and shuffle your library only once.
Similar cards
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