First printed in Dominaria United (2022)
All 5 prints
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Magic Online Promos (PRM) #103452, 2023 (digital)
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Dominaria United (DMU) #177, 2022
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Dominaria United (DMU) #418, 2022
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Dominaria United Promos (PDMU) #177p, 2022
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Dominaria United Promos (PDMU) #177s, 2022
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.
Legality
- Legal in
- Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, Penny Dreadful, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pauper, Future Standard, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Standard Brawl
MTGO price: 0.02 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).
In Limited on MTG Arena
Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).
| Set | GIH WR | vs set | IWD | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominaria United (DMU), Premier Draft | 59.5% | +3.1 | +6.0 | 6761 |
| Dominaria United (DMU), Sealed | 58.0% | +1.8 | +4.3 | 942 |
- GIH WR
- win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
- vs set
- points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
- IWD
- improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
- Games
- games in which the card was seen
Combos
1 combo from Commander Spellbook.
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite lifegain…: Cloudstone Curio + Defiler of Vigor + Silverback Elder
