Is Sylvan Advocate OP? (OGW)

Standard*

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Creature (20)

• 4x Beastcaller Savant
• 2x Embodiment of Insight
• 4x Matter Reshaper
• 4x Shaman of Forgotten Ways
• 4x Sylvan Advocate
• 2x Void Winnower

Planeswalker (3)

• 3x Nissa, Voice of Zendikar

Land (26)

• 4x Crumbling Vestige
• 20x Forest
• 2x Unknown Shores

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Oath of Nissa

Instant (4)

• 4x Collected Company

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Explosive Vegetation

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Sideboard

Creature (2)

• 2x Gladehart Cavalry

Artifact (3)

• 3x Sword of the Animist

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I am beyond excited for the upcoming set. In my opinion, green is getting a healthy portion of GREAT cards such as Nissa, Voice of Zendikar (a personal favorite), Oath of Nissa and Sylvan Advocate. I wanted to mix in some different colors, so YES I am open to suggestions, however I just couldn't find a nice combination that I thought worked well. I considered throwing blue and white for Noyan Dar, Roil Shaper and Dragonlord Ojutai but am having troubles.

NOW FOR SOME FUN CARD EXPLANATIONS

Nissa, Voice of Zendikar Show

That -2 tho.

Anyways, a planeswalker who creates tokens: weak or not, plants or not, 0/1 or not, have been serious threats in standard (especially if the token creation is their plus ability). For example, Elspeth, Sun's Champion was, well, absurdly strong. Why? Creating many tokens at sorcery speed every turn provided her with a defensive line (or offensive line I guess) which allowed her to hit her ultimate ability which would end the game with her army of flying tokens in, many times, one hit.The same goes for Nissa, Voice of Zendikar. Perhaps her ultimate ability is somewhat lack luster though. Maybe her -2 would be better to use every turn to change those 0/1 plants into 4/5 Plants vs. Zombie type creatures.(or maybe we keep this between you and me and just say she is very versatile, rather than scary)

Sylvan Advocate Show

So... uh. Overpowered.

Let's break this card down for a second shall we?

A 2-drop 2/3. Hm, not bad. In fact that is really nice.

A 2-drop 2/3 with vigilance. Wow that is a really nice card, I'll take 4.

A 2-drop 2/3 with vigilance and becomes a Siege Rhino on turn 6 or earlier (Explosive vegetation pls), I'll take 8.

A 2-drop 2/3 with vigilance and becomes a Siege Rhino on turn 6 or earlier and buffs your land creatures on said turn.

confronts local magic store owner"I would like to buy out all of your Sylvan Advocate on release."

Matter Reshaper Show

A 3/2 for 3 is kinda... meh. It's not bad, but it's nothing special. However this card is able to, under certain circumstances, replace itself with a 3- or lower-drop. If you do not meet the criteria, you at least draw a card, which is always nice a perk.

Like a Kitchen Finks but has the potential to be better (or worse, but shhhhh)

Oath of Nissa Show

So, Ponder is banned in many formats. But look! An enchantment (what) that does a Ponder-esque effect and is nice for planeswalkers of different colors!There are different opinions for this card, but a 1-drop cantrip which brings you a bit closer to the cards you want is nothing to sneeze at.

Void Winnower Show

Nobody plays this guy. Quite unfortunate as it is actually very funny to watch my opponent squirm, unable to Utter End my creature or block with any of their 2-drop allies. Very cool, underrated card in my opinion.

Looking for some feedback and suggestions for color splashes! Let me know! Thanks!

Date added	9 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 20 - 5 Rares 5 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.21
Tokens	Plant 0/1 G