Crystalline Sliver
Creature — Sliver
All Slivers have shroud. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Friday Night Magic 2003
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #4167
Crystalline Sliver gives your entire Sliver tribe shroud for two mana, making targeted removal almost entirely irrelevant against you. The First Sliver decks run it at an 82% clip for exactly that reason — it's the cheapest, most reliable way to keep your board alive long enough to cascade into a win.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The First Sliver
The First Sliver builds a board that needs to survive long enough for cascades to stack up, and Crystalline Sliver blanks the spot removal that would otherwise pick apart that engine piece by piece.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Crystalline Sliver is a staple — Sliver decks are a lightning rod for removal, and a two-mana shroud anthem answers that problem immediately. Legacy is the only other format where it sees meaningful play, slotting into dedicated Sliver aggro lists that need to protect a critical threat like Sliver Legion through a counterspell-heavy environment. Vintage legality is technically there, but the format's speed and the prevalence of non-targeted interaction make Crystalline Sliver largely irrelevant outside a tribal shell. Modern, Pioneer, and Standard have never had access to it, so Commander is where this card does its real work.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.