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- Slivdrazi Monstrosity. (6) Legendary Creature — — Sliver Eldrazi (8/8) Eldrazi you control are Slivers in addition to their other types. Slivers you control have devoid and have annihilator 1.
- Sliver Hivelord. (5) Legendary Creature — Sliver (5/5) Sliver creatures you control have indestructible. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them.)
- Sliver Legion. (5) Legendary Creature — Sliver (7/7) All Sliver creatures get +1/+1 for each other Sliver on the battlefield. Other Versions.
- Sliver Overlord. (5) Legendary Creature — Sliver Mutant (7/7) : Search your library for a Sliver card, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
In this huge 22-page guide written like a book from the Biblioplex of Strixhaven, you'll learn all about the slivers of Dominaria, Rath, Shandalar, and some more from across the universe! I've listed all the information I could find about just about 90 slivers, along with their roles in the story, their anatomy, and everything else.
- Description
- Storyline
- Notable Slivers
- As cards
- See also
The original Slivers were depicted with an armored vertebrate body, a long, bifurcated whip-like tail, one arm with a single talon for a hand, and a singular head with an armored crest. Variations of this appearance existed per the abilities each has to offer to the hive. An evolved form has humanoid features.
A Sliver begins to show distinct physical attributes within a few days of its birth and reaches maturity within weeks, connecting to the hivemind and incorporating the characteristics of nearby Slivers. What defines a Sliver's traits is unknown, but some believe that Rath's Slivers' attributes were controlled before birth by Volrath himself.
Slivers hunt in packs. Groups of unaugmented slivers are called "thrums." Slivers prefer warm regions, hanging from ceilings in groups that resemble large pinecones.
Mechanically, each Sliver in a set is expected to produce a unique ability to share with its fellow Slivers, though redundant abilities occur across sets. One of the bigger design problems is that without blocks and core sets, Slivers require a large chunk of set density to be worthwhile, and most sets would not have many new keywords to gift. Printing Slivers in supplemental sets such as Modern Horizons solved some of these issues, as they could use any keywords, have a higher power level or complexity, and did not need to factor into the plot.
Origin
Eons ago, sentient species on an unknown plane used Slivers as beasts of burden. They were domesticated for their ability to adapt and many empires were built upon their service. However deep beneath the surface of the plane, in caverns that ran along every continent, a Sliver queen bided her time. As above, so too below were empires birthed and torn down, only these epochal cycles were orchestrated by the patient queen, a vast and unknowable mind seeking alien perfection. Each generation of Slivers grew stronger than the last until this queen, the Gravemother, finally completed the ultimate evolution: to conquer death. In a single night, kingdoms were reduced to rubble as their former servants were joined by the Gravemother's hardened brood. No trace of the plane was spared: the Slivers razed villages and castles alike. Landslides buried the plains, as mountains were torn apart by Slivers bursting from the vast burial calderas hidden beneath the ground. Countless armies were crushed beneath the stampede of Slivers, awoken by the sound of their encampments and comrades being torn to shreds by the living dead. Now, no living thing exists on that plane except what the Gravemother permits: empires reduced to cattle for her hive to feast upon when the time calls for it.
Discovery
Volrath visited an as-yet-unidentified plane and discovered slivers. A fellow shapeshifter and an obsessive zoologist, he was so fascinated by these mesomorphic, hive-minded creatures that he brought the Sliver Queen to Rath. He then took a number of her brood away from her (and stuck them in the Furnace of Rath) so he could study them.
Rath
Volrath is said to have genetically modified the slivers, but to what extent is also unknown. He attempted to create artificial slivers, but these were a poor approximation of the real thing and had no innate abilities to share with the hive. These Metallic Slivers were used to spy on the sliver hive. Before the Dominarian invasion, there were no more than 5,000 slivers on Rath. Volrath used the hive to guard the Legacy and to attack Weatherlight and her crew on their quest to retake those artifacts and their captain, Sisay. Thanks to Hanna, who realized how the slivers' hive mind worked, the crew defeated them in the Furnace of Rath and Karn was able to convince the Sliver Queen to release the Legacy to him, arguing that the artifacts were as much a part of him as the slivers were a part of her.
Rath
•Sliver Queen
Dominaria
•Sliver Overlord
•Sliver Legion
Shandalar
The creature type Sliver was introduced in Tempest. It was originally designed by Mike Elliott for the unpublished expansion Astral Ways. Slivers were inspired by the card Plague Rats from Alpha.
The creature type has been found in the Tempest block, the Onslaught block, the Time Spiral block, Magic 2014, Magic 2015, Modern Horizons and Commander Masters sets. Most Slivers have an ability that grants all Slivers the same ability. Exceptions to this rule include Metallic Sliver, Sliver Construct, Sliver Overlord, Sliver Queen, and Venser's Sliver.
•Sliver/Trivia
•Premium Deck Series: Slivers
•Magic Arcana (March 11, 2004). "Sliver Checklist". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
Creature types
Spellcasters
•Cleric
- Trevor Galvin
- The First Sliver. The First Sliver is a wonderful commander to pair your slivers with other powerful spells. Cascade is a fantastic keyword that allows you to bring in spells that have less mana value than the spell cast with cascade.
- Sliver Overlord. Sliver Overlord is a sliver that doesn’t have keywords or abilities for all your other slivers, but what it does have is amazing for a Commander deck if you can keep this card alive.
- Sliver Gravemother. Sliver Gravemother is an incredibly unique legendary sliver. It bypasses the legendary rule, and provides all your slivers with the ability to come back from the graveyard temporarily as multiple copies.
- Rukarumel, Biologist. Next up is Rukarumel, Biologist, which isn't actually a sliver while it's not on the battlefield. Instead, it has you choose a creature type when it enters the battlefield and makes all of your Slivers and nontoken creatures that creature type.
Whenever a Sliver deals combat damage to a player, its controller may draw a card. Gatherer is the Magic Card Database. Search for the perfect addition to your deck. Browse through cards from Magic's entire history.
Mar 4, 2021 · The "legendary Sliver that makes your Slivers way better" and "Slivers that staple other card abilities onto all of your Slivers" themes continued in both Magic 2014 and Modern Horizons —the latter set containing yet another Sliver that returns on Time Spiral Remastered 's bonus sheet.
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Next, and last: sliver decks are versatile, and then some. Whether you want to build a swarm of screeching Alien-like beasts, a towering mountain of muscle and sinew that can hit anyone for massive damage, or a ridiculously efficient combo machine, you can go for any of them.
