Heart Sliver
Premium Deck Series: Slivers 7 • common
- Set
- Premium Deck Series: Slivers
- Collector number
- 7
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana red mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Ron Spencer
- Finish
- Foil
What it does
All Sliver creatures have haste.
Gerrard looked all around for the source of the mysterious pulse, and at that moment the slivers boiled forth from the crevasses.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Heart Sliver was originally introduced in the 1997 Tempest set as part of the debut of the Sliver creature type, a hive-minded race designed to share abilities across all creatures of the same type on the battlefield. The card was created to serve as a 'lord' figure, providing the Haste ability to the swarm, which fundamentally shifted the deck strategy from defensive attrition to aggressive tempo. Its inclusion in the 2009 Premium Deck Series: Slivers helped solidify the creature type as a fan-favorite archetype in Magic: The Gathering history.
The artwork for this specific printing was rendered by Ron Spencer, a prominent artist known for his visceral, biomechanical style during the early years of the game. Spencer leaned into the alien aesthetic of the Slivers, utilizing sharp angles and a sense of frantic movement to convey the card's haste mechanic. His work on this card is often cited by collectors for its chaotic energy, fitting perfectly into the grotesque evolution-themed design philosophy that characterized the Tempest block.
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