The theme's Golgari, but it's obvious that Selesnya has more effective use for this. I love this card for the Selesnya, since most of the token generation spells are either too cheap or too expensive (2-3 cmc or 6-7 cmc), with this card you can put tokens on for 4-5 cmc (you can also do it for more or less of course). Perfect fit in this edition :)
Lotsofpoopy
★☆☆☆☆ (1.6/5.0)(4 votes)
Pros like me will make this ooze token very, very, big, mark my words.
I watched a guy hit 15 mana turn 6 in limited. He drafted 5 colours. He had two copies of Axebane Guardian and three other defenders. I don't think that's below curve. His opponent milled his Rakdos's Return, and was very fortunate.
Great spell. It's fun to decide if to play it as a 3/3 or wait longer. Amazing with Populate mechanic.
WarioMan
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card deserves WAY more than a 2.8 rating. Populating this is SICK when your 2-3 CMC instants all of a sudden drop 8/8 tokens. Although it's nowhere NEAR as powerful as Green Sun's Zenith, it's an excellent replacement for it in Standard/Modern.
chrome_dome
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
4/5.
Grumman
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
@Hottychick88: Ivy Elemental already dies to bounce - all the +1/+1 counters fall off, and it comes back as a 0/0.
Doaj
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I would've preferred this to be an instant. Oh well.
DoragonShinzui
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Now that gatecrash is rolling around, I can see this being relevant with Evolve. A nice, big critter to trigger all of your beefed up evolving creatures late game? Why, I think I will.
@Grumman: You are mistaking "bounce" for "blink." Bounce is "return to hand." Blink is "exile, then return." Bounce would not kill Ivy Elemental, as it's an actual creature card and is just returned as normal, but it would kill the Slime Token as tokens can only exist on the battlefield. Blink, however, would kill both of them.
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I love this card for the Selesnya, since most of the token generation spells are either too cheap or too expensive (2-3 cmc or 6-7 cmc), with this card you can put tokens on for 4-5 cmc (you can also do it for more or less of course).
Perfect fit in this edition :)
Ivy Elemental already dies to bounce - all the +1/+1 counters fall off, and it comes back as a 0/0.
@Grumman: You are mistaking "bounce" for "blink." Bounce is "return to hand." Blink is "exile, then return." Bounce would not kill Ivy Elemental, as it's an actual creature card and is just returned as normal, but it would kill the Slime Token as tokens can only exist on the battlefield. Blink, however, would kill both of them.