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Artifact Creature - Sliver
Artifact Creature - Sliver


[[Absorb]] 1 (<c>Lymph Sliver</c>), [[Deathtouch]] (<c>Venom Sliver</c>), [[Defender]] (<c>Dormant Sliver</c>), [[Double strike]] (<c>Bonescythe Sliver</c>, <c>Fury Sliver</c>), [[First strike]] (<c>Spitting Sliver</c>, <c>Striking Sliver</c>, <c>Talon Sliver</c>), [[Flanking]] (<c>Sidewinder Sliver</c>), [[Flash]] (<c>Quick Sliver</c>), [[Flying]] (<c>Galerider Sliver</c>, <c>Pulmonic Sliver</c>, <c>Winged Sliver</c>), [[Frenzy]] 1 (<c>Frenzy Sliver</c>), [[Haste]] (<c>Blur Sliver</c>, <c>Firewake Sliver</c>, <c>Heart Sliver</c>, <c>Reflex Sliver</c>), [[Indestructible]] (<c>Sliver Hivelord</c>), [[Lifelink]] (<c>Syphon Sliver</c>), [[Poisonous]] 1 (<c>Virulent Sliver</c>), [[Provoke]] (<c>Hunter Sliver</c>), [[Reach]] (<c>Spinneret Sliver</c>), [[Shadow]] (<c>Shadow Sliver</c>), [[Shroud]] (<c>Crystalline Sliver</c>), Sliver[[cycling]] {{3}} (<c>Homing Sliver</c>), [[Trample]] (<c>Battering Sliver</c>, <c>Groundshaker Sliver</c>, <c>Horned Sliver</c>), [[Vigilance]] (<c>Sentinel Sliver</c>, <c>Synchronous Sliver</c>)
[[Absorb]] 1 (<c>Lymph Sliver</c>), [[Deathtouch]] (<c>Venom Sliver</c>), [[Defender]] (<c>Dormant Sliver</c>), [[Double strike]] (<c>Bonescythe Sliver</c>, <c>Fury Sliver</c>), [[First strike]] (<c>Spitting Sliver</c>, <c>Striking Sliver</c>, <c>Talon Sliver</c>), [[Flanking]] (<c>Sidewinder Sliver</c>), [[Flash]] (<c>Quick Sliver</c>), [[Flying]] (<c>Galerider Sliver</c>, <c>Pulmonic Sliver</c>, <c>Winged Sliver</c>), [[Frenzy]] 1 (<c>Frenzy Sliver</c>), [[Haste]] (<c>Blur Sliver</c>, <c>Firewake Sliver</c>, <c>Heart Sliver</c>, <c>Reflex Sliver</c>), [[Indestructible]] (<c>Sliver Hivelord</c>), [[Lifelink]] (<c>Syphon Sliver</c>), [[Menace]] (<c>Belligerent Sliver</c>, <c>Two-Headed Sliver</c>), [[Poisonous]] 1 (<c>Virulent Sliver</c>), [[Provoke]] (<c>Hunter Sliver</c>), [[Reach]] (<c>Spinneret Sliver</c>), [[Shadow]] (<c>Shadow Sliver</c>), [[Shroud]] (<c>Crystalline Sliver</c>), Sliver[[cycling]] {{3}} (<c>Homing Sliver</c>), [[Trample]] (<c>Battering Sliver</c>, <c>Groundshaker Sliver</c>, <c>Horned Sliver</c>), [[Vigilance]] (<c>Sentinel Sliver</c>, <c>Synchronous Sliver</c>)


+0/+1 (<c>Plated Sliver</c>, <c>Steelform Sliver</c>)<br>
+0/+1 (<c>Plated Sliver</c>, <c>Steelform Sliver</c>)<br>
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This creature can't be countered. (<c>Root Sliver</c>)<br>
This creature can't be countered. (<c>Root Sliver</c>)<br>
This creature has protection from the color chosen for by <c>Ward Sliver</c>.<br>
This creature has protection from the color chosen for by <c>Ward Sliver</c>.<br>
This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures. (<c>Belligerent Sliver</c>, <c>Two-Headed Sliver</c>)<br>
This creature can't be blocked except by Slivers. (<c>Shifting Sliver</c>)<br>
This creature can't be blocked except by Slivers. (<c>Shifting Sliver</c>)<br>
This creature gets +1/+1 as long as you control a Swamp. (<c>Sedge Sliver</c>)<br>
This creature gets +1/+1 as long as you control a Swamp. (<c>Sedge Sliver</c>)<br>
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14/13 (15/14 if you control a Swamp, or 110/109 if <c>Sliver Legion</c> is on the battlefield and you control a Swamp.)}} <ref>{{DailyRef|mtgcom/askwizards/1106|Ask Wizards|[[Devin Low]]|November 9, 2006}}</ref> <ref>{{DailyRef|mtgcom/askwizards/0707|Ask Wizards|[[Doug Beyer]]|July 20, 2007}}</ref>
14/13 (15/14 if you control a Swamp, or 110/109 if <c>Sliver Legion</c> is on the battlefield and you control a Swamp.)}}<nowiki> </nowiki><ref>{{DailyRef|mtgcom/askwizards/1106|Ask Wizards|[[Devin Low]]|November 9, 2006}}</ref> <ref>{{DailyRef|mtgcom/askwizards/0707|Ask Wizards|[[Doug Beyer]]|July 20, 2007}}</ref>


==Alternate Printings==
==Alternate Printings==
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*<c>Warped Researcher</c>
*<c>Warped Researcher</c>


The Sliver Queen has been depicted on two Vanguard cards:
== The Sliver Queen ==
The Sliver Queen was the first ever tournament legal card with mana cost [[WUBRG]].The Sliver Queen has been depicted on two Vanguard cards:
*[http://magiccards.info/extra/other/vanguard/sliver-queen-brood-mother.html Sliver Queen, Brood Mother], printed in 1998 for [[Vanguard]] Series 3
*[http://magiccards.info/extra/other/vanguard/sliver-queen-brood-mother.html Sliver Queen, Brood Mother], printed in 1998 for [[Vanguard]] Series 3
*[http://magiccards.info/extra/other/vanguard-mtgo-2/sliver-queen.html Sliver Queen], made specifically for [[MTGO]] in 2009, available only digitally
*[http://magiccards.info/extra/other/vanguard-mtgo-2/sliver-queen.html Sliver Queen], made specifically for [[MTGO]] in 2009, available only digitally
The Sliver Queen is on the Reserved List and will not be reprinted as a regular tournament legal card, but has been reprinted in Commander's Arsenal as a oversized foil card.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 21:36, 8 April 2016

Main article: Slivers

This page contains trivia information regarding slivers.

Mana cost

The converted mana costs of sliver creature cards range from 1 to 7. There are eight slivers with converted mana cost 1. Groundshaker Sliver is the only sliver with converted mana cost 7.

Four slivers cost WUBRG. Those slivers are Sliver Queen, Sliver Legion, Sliver Overlord, and Sliver Hivelord.

Color

Through Magic 2015, There are 16 white slivers, 13 blue slivers, 13 black slivers, 16 red slivers, 16 green slivers, 3 artifact slivers, and 19 multicolored slivers.

Power/Toughness

Power and toughness of slivers range from 1/1 to 7/7 and are always printed equal. There is only one sliver with power and toughness 4/4 and only the three legendary slivers have power and toughness 7/7. There is no sliver with power and toughness 6/6.

Subtype

There are 5 slivers with another subtype; the other subtypes are construct, fungus, illusion, mutant, and spirit.

Metallic Sliver

“  If I had one of each sliver in play, what would the stats of my Metallic Sliver be?  ”

[1] [2]

Alternate Printings

The following cards have received additional printings featuring alternate art:


Sixteen cards originally printed in the old card frame were reprinted in Premium Deck Series: Slivers featuring the new card frame and a foil finish: Acidic Sliver, Armor Sliver, Barbed Sliver, Brood Sliver, Clot Sliver, Crystalline Sliver, Heart Sliver, Hibernation Sliver, Metallic Sliver, Muscle Sliver, Quick Sliver, Sliver Overlord, Spectral Sliver, Spined Sliver, Victual Sliver, Winged Sliver. In addition to being printed in the new card frame for the first time, it is notable that many of these cards had not been available in a foil finish before.

Sliver Tokens

Three different versions of the 1/1 colorless Sliver creature token have been printed:


1/1 colorless Sliver creature tokens are produced by:


1/1 colorless artifact Sliver creature tokens named Metallic Sliver are produced by:

On Non-Sliver Cards

Slivers are referred to either visually or textually on these non-sliver cards:

The Sliver Queen

The Sliver Queen was the first ever tournament legal card with mana cost WUBRG.The Sliver Queen has been depicted on two Vanguard cards:

The Sliver Queen is on the Reserved List and will not be reprinted as a regular tournament legal card, but has been reprinted in Commander's Arsenal as a oversized foil card.

References

  1. ↑ Devin Low (November 9, 2006). "Ask Wizards". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  2. ↑ Doug Beyer (July 20, 2007). "Ask Wizards". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  3. ↑ Magic Arcana (May 26, 2005). "Dreams of Rath". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  4. ↑ Magic Arcana#Card of the Day (April 23, 2003). "Card of the Day - April, 2003". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.

External links

List of all Slivers on The Gatherer

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