Essence Sliver
Secret Lair Drop 612 • rare
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop
- Collector number
- 612
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana white mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Glen Angus
- Finish
- Foil
What it does
Whenever a Sliver deals damage, its controller gains that much life.
The slivers would survive, even at the expense of every other creature on Otaria.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Essence Sliver (card number 612) was released as part of the 'Secret Lair: Sliver' drop in 2021. The set was created to capitalize on the enduring popularity of the Sliver creature type, a parasitic hive-mind race that has been a staple of Magic: The Gathering since the 1997 Tempest set. This specific release featured premium artistic interpretations designed to offer a fresh, stylized aesthetic for established collectors of Sliver-themed decks.
The card features an illustration by Nils Hamm, who brought a dark, fluid, and organic sensibility to the design. Moving away from the classic, segmented appearance of early Slivers, Hamm focused on a more ethereal and haunting aesthetic that emphasized the creature's life-linking properties. The reception among the player base was largely positive, specifically praised for how the atmospheric artwork revitalized a decades-old creature design for the modern Secret Lair format.
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