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Silverback Elder
Creature — Ape Shaman
Whenever you cast a creature spell, choose one —
• Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
• Look at the top five cards of your library. You may put a land card from among them onto the battlefield tapped. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
• You gain 4 life.
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Commander bracket
1
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Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Salt Score
0.56
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Combos 1
Defiler of Vigor+Cloudstone Curio+Silverback Elder
Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you controlInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite lifegainInfinite lifegain triggersInfinite storm countNear-infinite landfall triggersPut all lands from your library onto the battlefield tapped
295 decks
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Format legality
Standard
Not legal
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Pauper
Not legal
Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Brawl
Legal
Standard Brawl
Not legal
Historic
Legal
Timeless
Legal
Alchemy
Not legal
Penny
Legal
Premodern
Not legal
PreDH
Not legal
Pauper EDH
Not legal
Old School
Not legal
Future
Not legal
Gladiator
Legal
Rulings
- 2022-09-09
Silverback Elder’s triggered ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. The ability will resolve even if that spell is countered.