Sylvan Primordial First Printed: 2013-FEB Banned: 2014-FEB Sometimes considered an attempt to fix Primeval Titan, Sylvan Primordial ended up being just as bad and sometimes worse
I prefer White Sun's Twilight as the Phyrexian Mites provide a unique axis of pressure, but a deck thats interested in one will likely run the other
Yes, the destroyed creatures are all replaced with 2/2 creature tokens, but thats still a very simplified board state in most instances
If the character has a Lore stat of 4, they would roll three dice and if at least one die lands on a five or six the character has passed the roll (and may gain a benefit), otherwise he or she has failed (and may suffer a consequence)
Quantity is not always mean quality: after creating two Zombie Armies instead of one due to Anointed Procession effect, you have to choose one Army, which will have counters and another one will be put into the graveyard very soon because of lack of additional effects