Bonesplitter Sliver
Creature — Sliver
All Sliver creatures get +2/+0.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Time Spiral Remastered
- Price
- $0.30
- EDHREC rank
- #10150
Bonesplitter Sliver hands every Sliver you control +2/+0, turning an already-wide board into a lethal one the moment it resolves. At two mana, the floor is high — The First Sliver can cascade into it early, and it pulls its weight whether you have two Slivers or twenty.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The First Sliver
The First Sliver cascades into Bonesplitter Sliver off nearly any spell, and once it lands, every subsequent Sliver hitting the table enters with the bonus already live — the power pump compounds with every cascade chain.
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 |
In Commander, Bonesplitter Sliver is a role-player rather than a star: Sliver tribal runs it to close games that might otherwise stall on a wide but underpowered board. In Pauper, it competes in the format's dedicated Sliver aggro shell, where the common-legal card pool actually makes +2/+0 across the team look threatening by turn three. Legacy and Vintage are too fast for a two-mana anthem effect with no immediate protection, so Bonesplitter Sliver doesn't see meaningful play there. It's absent from Pioneer and Standard, leaving Commander and Pauper as its real homes.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.30 bulk tier
At $0.30, Bonesplitter Sliver sits firmly in bulk territory — you're picking up a full playset for the price of a pack repack. Bulk commons with narrow tribal applications don't appreciate, so treat it as a cheap functional piece rather than anything to hold.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.