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Hollowhead Sliver

Creature — Sliver

Sliver creatures you control have "{T}, Discard a card: Draw a card."

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Commander Masters
Price
$0.33
EDHREC rank
#11196
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Hollowhead Sliver gives every Sliver you control a loot ability for two mana — that's repeatable card selection stapled to your whole army, not just one creature. The cost is real: two mana per activation adds up fast, and outside a dedicated Sliver shell it does nothing, but inside one it pulls well ahead of The Locust God-style wheel effects by giving you control over what you pitch. The First Sliver decks run it because filtering toward cascade chains is worth every penny.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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The First Sliver

The First Sliver

17.6% of decks · synergy 0.16

The First Sliver cascades off every Sliver cast, so the deck's entire gameplan rewards stacking your library with action — Hollowhead Sliver's loot ability lets you sculpt the top of your deck and ditch bricks, making each cascade hit matter more.

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 Hollowhead Sliver actually lives — Sliver tribal is almost exclusively a Commander archetype, and the card's value scales directly with how many Slivers are on board. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but competes in a card pool where tribal synergies get outpaced before they assemble, so it never sees meaningful play there. Modern Sliver aggro decks exist but run lean and fast, and a two-mana loot activation is too slow for a format that wants to close games on turn four. Hollowhead Sliver is a Commander card wearing a multi-format legal badge.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.33 bulk tier

At $0.33, Hollowhead Sliver is deep bulk — you're paying for a functional role-player, not a scarce piece. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to spike outside a reprint driving sudden visibility, so pick it up whenever and don't think twice.

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