Banding Sliver
Mystery Booster Playtest Cards 2019 2 • rare
- Set
- Mystery Booster Playtest Cards 2019
- Collector number
- 2
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana white mana white mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Alicia Mickes
- Market price
- $12.63
What it does
All Slivers have banding. (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyNot legal
- VintageNot legal
- CommanderNot legal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerNot legal
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Where it came from
Banding Sliver was released as part of the 2019 Mystery Booster Playtest Cards, a unique set distributed at MagicFest events. These cards were designed to explore unconventional mechanics and experimental designs that sat outside the standard rules-compliant framework of traditional Magic: The Gathering sets, effectively acting as internal R&D test prototypes that were printed with a distinct gray-border aesthetic to signify their non-legal status in competitive play.
The card was designed by the Wizards of the Coast development team to parody the notoriously complex 'banding' mechanic, which had been retired from the game for years due to its difficulty for players to resolve. By applying this archaic keyword to the Sliver creature type—a tribe known for sharing abilities among all members—the design serves as a humorous commentary on the intersection of legacy mechanics and modern creature tribal synergy, garnering attention primarily from long-time collectors and fans of the game's evolving history.
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About Banding Sliver
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