es cheap to play, and hard to get rid of, as well as a splasher. Hard to get better.
Kryplixx
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(8 votes)
8/5 Trample Regen for 6 mono? Umm 5/5.
Guest2146443305
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(7 votes)
This is like one of my favorite cards of all time. Awsome name, pic, stats, cost, everything.
LeoKula
★☆☆☆☆ (1.1/5.0)(11 votes)
What a beast, and for only 5... wicked!
Sir_Bruce
★★☆☆☆ (2.1/5.0)(4 votes)
Shouldn't this be an Elemental Rogue now?
Mode
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(3 votes)
I don't think rogue does refer to the person here Sir_Bruce, it stands for something like "vicious", "dangerous", or "rascally".
The card itself is great - triple-colored cards most often have great potential, and if these are even legendary you get something like Silvos.
Gaussgoat
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(7 votes)
Incredible card, an 8/5 regenerating trampler for 6?! Yhatzee. 5/5
Esprel
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(3 votes)
comnerd75, how is this a slasher?
mdakw576
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
great beater, the only big problem is the 3G cost means it's hard to splash for this guy.
ArtBell
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
A quintessential green fatty. I remember him punching my face in at an Onslaught pre-release. 5/5
ClockworkSwordfish
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(7 votes)
I love Silvos. First and most relevantly, he is a relatively cheap immense trampling beatstick that is hard to get rid of ( isn't going to break the bank), but secondly, the flavour is hilarious. Most pit fighters are human, but imagine you have to fight this in the pits.
reapersaurus
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(10 votes)
Man, the designers of these broken cards are stupid.
DoctorKenneth
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(5 votes)
The "It can't be regenerated" clause that was so common in it's environment weakened Silvos considerably at the time. In a modern environment, he's all the more formitable. I just love it when old cards gain new value.
@LeoKula: actually he's an elemental legend, and costs 6.
nibelheim_valesti
★☆☆☆☆ (1.9/5.0)(8 votes)
Honestly wouldn't call him broken, or even close. He's just a solid threat. Having some protection and some pseudo-evasion definitely helps but he has no impact on the game beyond being a fixed size, non-Haste-y beatstick.
Terra Stomper never gets played even in the current era of sucky green... but it's pretty much equivalent unless you wait an extra turn to cast Silvos. Vigor laughs at his limited abilities. Overrun shames all of them in most games.
He's certainly not as bad as the incorrectly costed creature that's currently deforming Type 2.
channelblaze
★★☆☆☆ (2.3/5.0)(3 votes)
Cudgel troll on 'roids! Great card, although the fact you need 4 green mana to be able to cast and regenerate on the same turn makes it really harsh in a non mono green deck.
EvilCleavage
★☆☆☆☆ (1.5/5.0)(1 vote)
It's unfortunate that this beastly giant gets his butt whooped by miss Baneslayer herself.
ItsSlaughteringTime
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.8/5.0)(2 votes)
thats a bit big to be a rogue.
MasterOfEtherium
★☆☆☆☆ (1.8/5.0)(14 votes)
Dudes A Str8 Gladiator Primalcrux Would Like Him, S H I T evrybody Would Like Him Like, Magics LeBron
Pipikako
★★★☆☆ (3.1/5.0)(4 votes)
Find something weak about this card !! You can't... ha !
TPmanW
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
He didn't even need any abilities to be worth it.
djflo
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
Maybe this could get a reprint in M12? It sits about right in power level for a rare and it'd be cool to have legends in the core sets again - after all, we have planeswalkers.
divine_exodus
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(8 votes)
"It's a six-mana card that doesn't end the game right away. That is weak... often-irrelevant regeneration."
So your saying a 6 mana card should end the game right away? Are you mad? I can't think of a single 6 mana card that gives you an insta-win. Regeneration also isn't useless. What kind of game would Magic be if every other 6 mana creature was so absurdly powerful it won the game for you?
BastianQoU
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I can hear the thought process of anyone who rated this below a 5/5 It was either: 'It dies to removal, so it sucks.' or 'I hate playing against him SOOO MUCH!!!!'
I feel like maybe this card should have the fungus subtype.
Grey56
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Another one of the character gems brought out in Onslaught. I still wish more of his story had been told somewhere in Magic lore. Great card, great flavor.
orthodoxyordeath
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is an awesome green beaststick <3
Shadoflaam
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
"In this corner, we have a titanic plant-beast renowned throughout the land for its immense size and its regenerative abilities! And in this corner we have Arcani- oh wait, he's gone."
He has a hidden cost of , because you need that extra for regen. Fatty + Trample and removal resistant, great finisher for control decks.
Arachnos
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
@Swordfish: ...shiiiiiit. I never thought of it that way. I can just imagine the other pit fighters' faces. PRICELESS.
CronenMorley
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
There are various scenarios where you shouldn't play this as if it had a "hidden cost."
For instance, against a control deck with removal like Wrath of God, Oblivion Ring, and Swords to Plowshares, the regeneration is irrelevant and you might as well try to get him to stick if you can.
Against a red deck, it's probably worth it to play him as soon as you can and force your opponent to 2-for-1 himself if he wants to remove Silvos.
If you're always thinking you have to wait to play this until you have seven mana, you're making the card worse than it is. You just need to know what kind of deck you're playing against.
Having used this as a finisher for some time in my control, I can say TheWrathofShane knows what he's talking about. Just because he costs 6, it's extremely unlikely he'll survive unless you have an extra available to regenerate him. He's basically a 7 drop.
That being said, he's won me more than a fair share of games, so he's hella awesome. Unfortunately, as time progressed, Silvos began eating more Terminates, Vendettas, and Wrath of Gods. This ultimately led him being cut, but that doesn't mean he's not good. Just that the 'Can't be regenerated' clause was ultimately too common for him to do some serious damage.
Also, just like all the other pit fighter legends from Onslaught, the flavor is really neat too.
On a side note, I honestly think that out of the old legends, he along with Arcanis I'd say are most deserving of returning as a planeswalker.
Pongdok
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is one of my favourite beaters. He isn't too flashy, but he gets the job done. Are opponents overly dismissive of him because of his five toughness? Maybe. Then they realize that you are just going to keep attacking and regenerating with him; a nice replacement for the upkeep costs you saw with things like force of nature and child of gaea. I keep him in my saproling deck since he is obviously a thallid devourer with 'roid rage. (It doesn't hurt that he makes overwhelming stampede worthwhile when omnath is busy hiding out somewhere in the bottom of my deck.) Sure, he can get dismembered, or whatever, but every creature should have its weaknesses. Folks shouldn't have to resort to mass removal to deal with a card that looks likely to kill them in a few turns. Shroud is boring and hexproof is boringer. Long live terror and disintegrate.
creepycrawler
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Child of Gaea: Dude, you should really call home. Mom's worried about you.
DeathcubeM
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Great card, works wonders in EDH. Easy to get that win by commander damage with this trampling behemoth, 5/5 for sure
theindigoeffect
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Who wouldn't want Swamp Thing in their deck?
OlvynChuru
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I'm not sure why people complained about power creep when Terra Stomper came out, even though Silvos is easily more powerful.
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The card itself is great - triple-colored cards most often have great potential, and if these are even legendary you get something like Silvos.
Terra Stomper never gets played even in the current era of sucky green... but it's pretty much equivalent unless you wait an extra turn to cast Silvos. Vigor laughs at his limited abilities. Overrun shames all of them in most games.
He's certainly not as bad as the incorrectly costed creature that's currently deforming Type 2.
So your saying a 6 mana card should end the game right away? Are you mad? I can't think of a single 6 mana card that gives you an insta-win. Regeneration also isn't useless. What kind of game would Magic be if every other 6 mana creature was so absurdly powerful it won the game for you?
It was either:
'It dies to removal, so it sucks.'
or
'I hate playing against him SOOO MUCH!!!!'
For instance, against a control deck with removal like Wrath of God, Oblivion Ring, and Swords to Plowshares, the regeneration is irrelevant and you might as well try to get him to stick if you can.
Against a red deck, it's probably worth it to play him as soon as you can and force your opponent to 2-for-1 himself if he wants to remove Silvos.
If you're always thinking you have to wait to play this until you have seven mana, you're making the card worse than it is. You just need to know what kind of deck you're playing against.
Jareth, Leonine Titan, Arcanis the Omnipotent, Visara the Dreadful, Rorix Bladewing, and Silvos, Rogue Elemental
That being said, he's won me more than a fair share of games, so he's hella awesome. Unfortunately, as time progressed, Silvos began eating more Terminates, Vendettas, and Wrath of Gods. This ultimately led him being cut, but that doesn't mean he's not good. Just that the 'Can't be regenerated' clause was ultimately too common for him to do some serious damage.
Also, just like all the other pit fighter legends from Onslaught, the flavor is really neat too.
On a side note, I honestly think that out of the old legends, he along with Arcanis I'd say are most deserving of returning as a planeswalker.