Bonescythe Sliver
Creature — Sliver
Sliver creatures you control have double strike. (They deal both first-strike and regular combat damage.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #4223
Bonescythe Sliver hands every Sliver you control double strike for four mana — a rate that turns an already-wide board into a one-shot kill. In The First Sliver lists, it earns its slot without argument.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The First Sliver
The First Sliver cascades into Bonescythe Sliver off any Sliver cast, and the moment it resolves, every creature on your side of the table threatens lethal combat damage — The First Sliver turns a midgame board of 4–5 Slivers into a closing play without needing any other setup.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Bonescythe Sliver does its best work — a Sliver tribal deck goes wide faster than almost any other archetype, and double strike on the whole team converts a board that would take two attacks to close into a single alpha strike. In Modern and Pioneer, dedicated Sliver aggro lists run it as a top-end finisher, though at four mana it competes for slots in a curve that wants to end the game on turn four. Legacy has enough Sliver support to make it viable, but the format rarely gives tribal strategies the time to deploy a four-drop cleanly. Vintage and Oathbreaker are legal but fringe homes — the card's power is real, the formats just don't reward it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Current pricing data isn't available for Bonescythe Sliver, so check Scryfall or your preferred vendor for the live number. Given how central it is to The First Sliver builds — appearing in over 80% of them — demand is consistent, and it's worth picking up whenever the price looks flat rather than waiting.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.