Bladeback Sliver
Creature — Sliver
Hellbent — As long as you have no cards in hand, Sliver creatures you control have "
: This creature deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker."
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Jumpstart: Historic Horizons
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #20630
Bladeback Sliver gives every Sliver you control the ability to deal 1 damage to any target when it attacks — a repeatable ping engine that scales hard with board width. It's a must-include in any dedicated Sliver build and a blank card in every other deck.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Bladeback Sliver does its best work: a Sliver tribal deck going wide turns each attack into a storm of direct damage, threatening planeswalkers and chump blockers alike before combat even resolves. In Pauper, the Sliver archetype exists and the common print makes Bladeback Sliver a budget-accessible role-player, though the format's speed means the payoff often comes too late. Legacy and Vintage have Sliver shells but the competition for slots is fierce and Bladeback Sliver rarely makes the cut over faster, more disruptive pieces. Outside of Sliver tribal, across any format, it does nothing.
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Price Context
Current price
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Pricing data for Bladeback Sliver isn't available in our current feed, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the current market rate. As a tribal-specific uncommon with a narrow home, it has historically sat at bulk pricing — expect to pay well under a dollar if that holds.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.