Muscle Sliver
Tempest 238 • common
- Set
- Tempest
- Collector number
- 238
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Richard Kane Ferguson
- Market price
- $0.94
What it does
All Sliver creatures get +1/+1.
The air was filled with the cracks and snaps of flesh hardening as the new sliver joined the battle.
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
Muscle Sliver was released in 1997 as part of the Tempest expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. It was designed during a period of experimentation at Wizards of the Coast, where the design team sought to create a cohesive 'tribal' mechanic that rewarded players for gathering multiple creatures of the same type. The card features art by Heather Hudson, whose contribution to the set helped define the visual identity of the Sliver creatures as organic, evolving entities.
The design of Muscle Sliver is noted for its simplicity and effectiveness, granting all Slivers +1/+1. This mechanic established a template for the entire Sliver archetype, emphasizing exponential power as the board state expands. Upon its release, the card was well-received by players for its synergy, and it remains a foundational piece of Magic history that influenced how creature-type interactions were developed in subsequent expansions.
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