Opaline Sliver
Time Spiral 244 • uncommon
- Set
- Time Spiral
- Collector number
- 244
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana white mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue · White
- Artist
- Dave Dorman
- Market price
- $2.47
What it does
All Slivers have "Whenever this permanent becomes the target of a spell an opponent controls, you may draw a card."
"When struck, its hide shimmers through sequences of color—a signaling language I am eager to unravel."— Rukarumel, field journal
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
Opaline Sliver was released in 2006 as part of the Time Spiral expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. This set was designed as a love letter to the game's history, featuring numerous mechanical callbacks and reimagined creatures from earlier sets. The Sliver creature type, originally introduced in the Tempest block, was brought back for Time Spiral to explore how the hive-mind mechanic could interact with the set's focus on temporal instability and past design motifs.
The card's art was created by illustrative artist Shishizaru. The design emphasizes the distinctive, insectoid morphology typical of the Sliver species while incorporating the crystalline, refractive aesthetic intended for this specific variant. Mechanically, the card allows players to draw cards whenever their Slivers are targeted by opponents, serving as a defensive utility piece meant to punish targeted removal. It was received as a niche but effective tool for Sliver-themed decks, appreciated primarily by players looking to mitigate the card disadvantage often associated with tribal strategies.
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