"IMAH NATURE LOVER" a Official Guide to Sylvan (post PRIO)

Hello guys! Happy Valentines Day!

It's me ,J.

And now that the full spoiler of PRIO is now released and tomorrow is the release of Primal Origin in Japan and other Asian Countries,I decided to make a short guide to my official deck in YGO.
For those duelist who have no date or partner this valentines
Congratulations!!!
lol

anyway here is the guide,enjoy!

"Sylvan", known as "Shinra" (森(しん)羅(ら)) in Japan, is an archetype of Plant-Type monsters that debuted in Legacy of the Valiant. The word "shinra" is shortened from "shinrabanshō" (森羅万象), which means "all things in nature", hence the plant-life motif. "Sylvan" refers to an association with the woodland, specifically that which inhabits the wood, is made of tree materials, or comprises the forest itself.
In the TCG, "Sylvan" cards will pioneer a new game term, "excavate".
source:ygo wikia

MONSTERS:

Sylvan Peaskeeper
Wind/1/400/100
"When this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can excavate the top card of your Deck, and if it is a Plant-Type monster, send it to the Graveyard. Otherwise, place it on the bottom of your Deck. If this card is excavated from the Deck and sent to the Graveyard by a card effect: You can target 1 Level 4 or lower Plant-Type monster in your Graveyard; Special Summon that target. You can only use this effect of "Sylvan Peaskeeper" once per turn."


Here is one of the MVP of the archetype.When excavated and send to graveyard,you can special summon 1 level 4 or lower plant-type monster from the graveyard,even itself!
Not only that,it also lets you excavate the top card when normal or special summon.
RUN 1-3,but 3 is A MUST FOR ME

Sylvan Hermitree
Fire/8/2700/1800
"Once per turn: You can excavate the top card of your Deck, and if it is a Plant-Type monster, send it to the Graveyard, and if you do, draw 1 card. Otherwise, place it on the bottom of your Deck. If this card is excavated from the Deck and sent to the Graveyard by a card effect: Look at up to 3 cards from the top of your Deck, then place them on the top of the Deck in any order."

So far the strongest non xyz Sylvan Monster in terms of Stats.
It looks like a fortuneteller tree.
It lets you excavate once per turn and draw a card if the excavated card is a plant and that's not hard considering the number of plants in your deck.
Before the release of PRIO
I consider this as a must 3
But now that PRIO
is here and there is the shinra Ferryman.
Ill consider this as 0.
RUN 0 or 3 if you want to focused on rank 8 builds.

Sylvan Guardioak
Earth/6/2400/1500
"Once per turn: You can choose a number from 1 to 3, then excavate that many cards from the top of your Deck, send any excavated Plant-Type monsters to the Graveyard, also place the other cards on the bottom of your Deck in any order. If this card is excavated from the Deck and sent to the Graveyard by a card effect: You can target 1 other Plant-Type monster in your Graveyard; place that target on top of your Deck."

Good ol' shrek hehe. His effect that excavate 3 cards is good but it often comes as a bad draw when drawn and shinra ferryman does a lot better in recycling.
RUN 0 or 3 if you want to(we have democracy lol)

Sylvan FlowerKnight
Earth/4/1800/1000
"When this card is Normal Summoned: You can excavate the top card of your Deck, and if it is a Plant-Type monster, send it to the Graveyard. Otherwise, place it on the bottom of your Deck. If this card is excavated from the Deck and sent to the Graveyard by a card effect: You can choose 1 "Sylvan" card from your Deck and place it on top of your Deck."

Here is one of the searcher that acts as their field spell on body.With the release of Shinra snuffspy,having this and the field using snuffspy as the cost of the field effect activation,you can wreck havoc your opponent's field(with marsh,stool etc.) while still not having your normal summon.
But further testing is still required.
RUN 0-3

Sylvan Marshalleaf

Water/3/1500/1200
"When this card is Normal Summoned: You can choose either 1 or 2, then excavate that many cards from the top of your Deck, send any excavated Plant-Type monsters to the Graveyard, also place the other cards on the bottom of your Deck in any order. If this card is excavated from the Deck and sent to the Graveyard by a card effect: You can target 1 monster on the field; destroy that target."

For me,this is one of the staples of the sylvan deck. Its like bear and card trooper in one.
RUN 3.no exception

Sylvan Komushroomo
Fire/2/100/2000
"When this card is flipped face-up: You can choose a number from 1 to 5, then excavate that many cards from the top of your Deck, send any excavated Plant-Type monsters to the Graveyard, also place the other cards on the bottom of your Deck in any order. If this card is excavated from the Deck and sent to the Graveyard by a card effect: You can target 1 Spell/Trap Card on the field; destroy that target."

This is their s/t destructor although his excavate effect is a little bit slow,flipping this might win you games depending on the setup of your top deck.Its not a bad draw since you can set it and we have sylvan charity and Slvan Ferrylotus to recycle it.
RUN 3 no exception

Sylvan FerryLotus
Water/5/2300/1100
"Once per turn: You can excavate cards from the top of your Deck, equal to the number of cards your opponent controls, send any excavated Plant-Type monsters to the Graveyard, also place the other cards on the bottom of your Deck in any order. If this card is excavated from the Deck and sent to the Graveyard by a card effect: You can target up to 5 "Sylvan" cards in your Graveyard, except "Sylvan Ferrylotus"; place those targets on the bottom of your Deck in any order."

There are moments when you wnat to destroy or special summon sylvan cards but all your mushroom,leaf,and peas are used.This is a card for you.Better oak .I guess.
RUN 0-3,for me 1 is a must

Sylvan Snuffspy
Dark/1/900/400
"If this card is sent from your hand or your side of the field to the Graveyard: You can excavate the top card of your Deck, and if it is a Plant-Type monster, send it to the Graveyard. Otherwise, place it on the bottom of your Deck. If this card is excavated from the Deck and sent to the Graveyard by a card effect: You can excavate the top card of your Deck, and if it is a Plant-Type monster, send it to the Graveyard. Otherwise, place it on the bottom of your Deck."

I knew a card like this will came.It combos very much with the field spell and flowerknight.
RUN 3 no exception 

Sylvan Sagequoia
Wind/7/2600/2100
"When a "Sylvan" monster is sent to the Graveyard: You can Special Summon this card from your hand. Once per turn: You can excavate the top card of your Deck, and if it is a Plant-Type monster, send it to the Graveyard. Otherwise, place it on the bottom of your Deck. If this card is excavated from the Deck and sent to the Graveyard by a card effect: You can target 1 "Sylvan" Spell/Trap Card in your Graveyard; add that target to your hand."

This card will never be a bad draw considering it can be special summoned from hand and the best card to summon th very stronk Sylvan High Arbiter.

RUN 3 No Exception

Sylvan Sproutcolyte
Light/1/100/100
"When this card is Special Summoned: You can choose either 1 or 2, then excavate that many cards from the top of your Deck, send any excavated Plant-Type monsters to the Graveyard, also place the other cards on the bottom of your Deck in any order. If this card is excavated from the Deck and sent to the Graveyard by a card effect: You can Special Summon 1 Level 1 Plant-Type monster from your Deck. You can only use this effect of "Sylvan Sproutcolyte" once per turn."

This card is your main searcher for tuners like spore and copyplant..

RUN 1-3

P.S I did not include the TCG EXCLUSIVES Bladefender and mikorange.Cuz I'm an OCG player myself and when PRIO comes to TCG,I bet they will not use those cards either because of their mediocre effects.

SPELLS:

Mount Sylvania
Field Spell Card
"You can send 1 Plant-Type monster from your hand or face-up from your side of the field to the Graveyard; choose 1 "Sylvan" card from your Deck and place it on top of the Deck. You can only use this effect of "Mount Sylvania" once per turn. Once per turn, during your opponent's End Phase: You can excavate the top card of your Deck, and if it is a Plant-Type monster, send it to the Graveyard. Otherwise, place it on either the top or bottom of your Deck."

This field spell is the heart of the sylvan deck considering you do not need to hold your breath when excavating(Well not actually holding ur breath lol).

Run 1-3.3 is a must for me.

Sylvan Charity
Normal Spell Card
Draw 3 cards, then reveal 2 cards in your hand, including at least 1 "Sylvan" card, and place them on top of your Deck in any order, or, if you don't have any "Sylvan" cards in your hand, reveal all the cards in your hand and place them on top of your Deck in any order. You can only activate 1 
 "Sylvan Charity" per turn.

This card makes the deck so consistent.
RUN 3 or dont play sylvans ever lol


TRAPS:

Sylvan Blessing
Normal Trap Card
"Place 1 card from your hand on either the top or bottom of the Deck, and if you do, Special Summon 1 "Sylvan" monster from your hand or Graveyard. It is unaffected by other card effects this turn. Place it on either the top or bottom of the Deck during the End Phase.

Take note,Its first effect is not a cost.And you can use this to make your sylvan pseudo felgrand plus you can set up your top deck. Higher level Sylvan monster will not be dead in hand.But this card can be dead in hand so its up to you if you want to put this card or not.

RUN 0-2

Sylvan Waterfall Ride
Continous Trap Card
" When an opponent's monster declares a direct attack: You can excavate the top card of your Deck, and if it is a Plant-Type monster, send it to the Graveyard. Otherwise, place it on the bottom of your Deck. During your Draw Phase, instead of conducting your normal draw: You can excavate the top card of your Deck, and if it is a Plant-Type monster, send it to the Graveyard. Otherwise, add it to your hand."

For me,its artwork is so cute.I knew it.They will release a card with waterfalls on it cause a waterfall is shown on the Sylvan Peak Artwork so yeah.

Run 1-3


Extra:

Oreia,The Sylvan High Arbiter
Dark/plant/rk7/2800/2500
2 Level 7 monsters
"Once per turn: You can send 1 Plant-Type monster from your hand or face-up from your Monster Card Zone to the Graveyard; look at a number of cards from the top of your Deck, equal to the Level of the sent monster, then place them on the top of the Deck in any order. Once per turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; choose a number from 1 to 3, then excavate that many cards from the top of your Deck, send any excavated Plant-Type monsters to the Graveyard, also place the other cards on the bottom of your Deck in any order, and if you do, return cards on the field to the hand, except this card, up to the number of monsters sent to the Graveyard this way."

This card is one of the reason why Sylvans is worth playing.
Sadly this card is a super rare in OCG but the good thing is it only works on Plants effectively and the only deck that can use it effectively is no other than Sylvans! wOOHOO lol
The only way you can make this is to use Sherman and copyplant,or even the Dragon Rulers.(But the deck space is tight and I bet you cannot include all those Imbal Dragon Rulers)

Run 1-2 . or 3 if ur a collector lol

Alsei, the Sylvan High Protector
Light/Plant/8/2300/3200
2 Level 8 monsters
"Once per turn: You can declare 1 card name; excavate the top card of your Deck, and if it is the declared card, add it to your hand. Otherwise, send it to the Graveyard. If a card is sent from your Deck to the Graveyard by a card effect (except during the Damage Step): You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card, then target 1 card on the field; place that target on either the top or bottom of the Deck. You can only use this effect of "Alsei, the Sylvan High Protector" once per turn."




 The strongest Generic Rank 8 monster in terms of defense.
Pre Prio,This card and Hermitree is a must on a sylvan deck. But now that Sherman and Oreia is out.
It depends on your preference.

RUN 0-1.2 if your Focused on Rank 8 builds. Again 3 if your a collector lolol


Conclusion:


For a summary,Sylvan is a great toolbox deck considering you can control the field with all the sylvans in your deck.Just beware of cards that remove from play and soul drain cause those are the cards that can hinder this deck's strategy.

Anyway,I hope you enjoy this guide I've made.I'm a sylvan player myself and I'm looking forward to get the Sylvan PRIO cards.


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J. Signing out