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Dormant Sliver

Creature — Sliver

All Sliver creatures have defender.
All Slivers have "When this permanent enters, draw a card."

CMC
4
Mana cost
{2}{G}{U}
Color identity
GU
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Time Spiral Remastered
Price
$0.45
EDHREC rank
#14828
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Dormant Sliver card art
Dormant Sliver gives every Sliver you control defender and draws you a card when it enters — a mass card-draw engine that arrives stapled to a serious liability. The lock clears if you can sacrifice or bounce Dormant Sliver itself, and Hivestone makes the effect available to non-Sliver commanders who want the draw without a permanent tribal commitment.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Dormant Sliver earns its reputation — Sliver tribal decks run it specifically for the mass draw, and the defender lock is a known problem with a known solution (sacrifice outlet, bounce spell, or a second lord that overrides it). In Legacy and Vintage, the card is technically legal but sees no meaningful play; those formats move too fast for a four-mana enchantment that halts your attacks. Modern is the same story: the effect is powerful in theory but the tempo cost is prohibitive outside of dedicated Sliver builds, which are fringe at best. Dormant Sliver is, in practice, a Commander card.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

$0.45 bulk tier

At $0.45, Dormant Sliver sits firmly in bulk territory — buy a copy without thinking twice. Bulk rares with this level of in-format demand don't spike dramatically, but this one is unlikely to drop further given its unique role as the premier draw engine in Sliver tribal.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.