Barbed Sliver
Premium Deck Series: Slivers 18 • uncommon
- Set
- Premium Deck Series: Slivers
- Collector number
- 18
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana red mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Scott Kirschner
- Finish
- Foil
What it does
All Sliver creatures have "2 generic mana: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn."
Spans of spines leapt from one sliver to the next, forming a deadly hedge around the Weatherlight.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Barbed Sliver first appeared in the 1997 Tempest set as a foundational member of the Sliver creature type, a hive-minded species designed by the Magic: The Gathering development team to explore emergent gameplay strategies. The card's design features the ability to grant first strike to all Slivers in play, a mechanic that emphasizes the synergistic nature of the creature tribe. Scott Kirschner, the artist responsible for the original illustration, captured the creature's alien and parasitic aesthetic, which became the visual blueprint for the species' subsequent iterations.
This specific printing originates from the 2010 Premium Deck Series: Slivers, a curated product released to celebrate the popularity of the creature type among legacy and casual players. As part of this commemorative series, the card features the modern card frame and a unique holographic foil treatment intended to appeal to collectors seeking a unified aesthetic for their Sliver-themed decks. The release was well-received as a retrospective look at the evolution of the game's mechanics, consolidating many of the most essential sliver creatures into a single, cohesive collection.
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