First Sliver's Chosen
Creature — Sliver
Sliver creatures you control have exalted. (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each instance of exalted among permanents you control.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Jumpstart: Historic Horizons
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #16561
First Sliver's Chosen gives every Sliver you control exalted, which stacks multiplicatively into a single enormous combat swing when you send one creature in alone. Five mana is a real cost, but in a Sliver deck that already wants to flood the board, the payoff scales hard with headcount.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where First Sliver's Chosen lives — Sliver tribal is almost exclusively a Commander format, and the exalted anthem stacks with every other copy and every other exalted source on board. In Legacy and Vintage, Slivers lack the consistency and speed to compete with the format's best decks, and a five-mana tribal payoff is far too slow for those environments. First Sliver's Chosen is essentially a Commander-only piece in practice, even where its rules text is technically legal.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Current pricing data isn't available for First Sliver's Chosen, so check Scryfall or your preferred retailer for a live number. As a tribal-specific five-drop with a narrow home, demand stays low outside dedicated Sliver builds — don't expect significant price pressure unless a major reprint drives renewed interest in the archetype.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.