
Sylvan Messenger
{3}
Creature — Elf
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Reference price
- Nonfoil
- $0.14
- Foil
- $0.60
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Price history
- Nonfoil
- Down 7% in 17 days
- Foil
- No change in 17 days
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Printing details
- Set
- Magic Origins
- Released
- July 17, 2015
- Language
- en
- Collector no.
- #199
- Rarity
- uncommon
Card text
Oracle text — the current official rules text for this card.
Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
When this creature enters, reveal the top four cards of your library. Put all Elf cards revealed this way into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
What this card can do
- Trample
- Assign lethal damage to the blockers, and the rest goes to the defending player.
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Beginner guide
Card text above uses Oracle text, the current official rules text for this card.
This costs three mana of any type and one green mana.
- Mana
- Mana is the resource you spend to cast spells and activate abilities.
- Generic mana
- A numbered mana cost can be paid with mana of any type.






