Cleaving Sliver
Creature — Sliver
Sliver creatures you control get +2/+0.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Commander Masters
- Price
- $0.29
- EDHREC rank
- #10031
Cleaving Sliver gives your entire Sliver team trample for free — no mana investment, just a body on the battlefield. In a tribe that already snowballs into lethal combat damage, that keyword turns chump-blocking into a losing proposition for opponents, and The First Sliver lists run it precisely because the effect is tribal-wide the moment it resolves.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The First Sliver
The First Sliver cascades into gas constantly, and Cleaving Sliver means every Sliver pushing through the red zone stops being stoppable by a single 1/1 token — when your board is already wide and pumped, trample is what converts 'threatening' into 'lethal.'
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 Cleaving Sliver actually matters — Sliver tribal lives almost entirely in that format, and a passive trample-granter that scales with board size is exactly what a go-wide tribe needs to close games. In Legacy and Vintage, Slivers occasionally appear but don't have the redundancy or speed to compete at those tables, so Cleaving Sliver sits on the fringe at best. Pauper is legal but irrelevant; Sliver synergy at common rarity doesn't reach the critical mass that makes a passive anthem-style ability worthwhile. Pioneer and Standard aren't options.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.29 bulk tier
At $0.29, Cleaving Sliver is deep bulk — grab a copy without thinking twice. Tribal staples with narrow homes don't spike; this one will stay in the dime-to-quarter range indefinitely.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.