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◇ Catalog #197

Sylvan Primordial

DIGITAL ONLY

pio·#197·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Stephan Martiniere

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Dec '24

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Variants

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Creature — Avatar

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.

6/8

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 3

2014-02-01wotc

If an opponent has any legal permanents to target, you must target one of them.

2013-07-01wotc

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.

2013-01-24wotc

You search and shuffle your library only once.

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PIO — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #197 of *Pioneer Masters*, the set that shipped alongside the December 2024 Pioneer Masters release.

Card type: Creature — Avatar, color identity green, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {5}{G}{G} (7 converted). Keyword abilities: Reach.

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play. Banned in Commander.

Illustrated by Stephan Martiniere. Rarix catalogs 137 other cards credited to this artist.