Sylvan Might
Instant
Target creature gets +2/+2 and gains trample until end of turn.
Flashback 
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Odyssey
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #21675
Sylvan Might is a split instant that gives a creature +2/+2 and trample until end of turn, then flashbacks for the same effect — two combat pumps on one card for two mana each. It's efficient enough for aggressive green strategies but narrow enough that dedicated combat decks are the only real home.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Sylvan Might fits voltron and go-wide trample strategies, where getting two pump triggers off a single card slot is a meaningful rate — the flashback means it's never a dead topdeck late. Pauper is its best format; common-legal pump spells with built-in reuse are genuinely scarce there, and the trample rider pushes damage past chump blocks in ways that matter in that format's ground-stall games. Legacy and Vintage are legal but functionally irrelevant — the effect is too small and too slow for those environments. The card doesn't exist in Standard, Pioneer, or Modern, which is no loss given how those formats handle combat.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Sylvan Might is deep bulk — a throw-in card you pick up without thinking about it. Bulk rares fluctuate, but a common-rarity instant with this narrow a use case has no realistic path upward.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.