Mindwhip Sliver
Creature — Sliver
All Slivers have "
, Sacrifice this permanent: Target player discards a card at random. Activate only as a sorcery."
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Tempest
- Price
- $0.35
- EDHREC rank
- #25382
Mindwhip Sliver gives every Sliver you control a discard-two trigger on damage — a meaningful pressure ability that compounds fast in a wide board. The cost is a four-mana 2/2 with no immediate impact, which is a real ask in a tribe that wants density and speed.
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 |
Commander is where Mindwhip Sliver has any real home, specifically inside dedicated Sliver tribal decks where the ability multiplies across many bodies. Even there, it competes with Slivers that provide evasion, protection, or mana — roles that more directly enable winning. Legacy and Vintage are legal on paper, but Sliver strategies in those formats run leaner and faster than a four-mana 2/2 warrants. Oathbreaker is the one fringe case where a Sliver-based build could extract value, but the card still sits near the bottom of the tribal priority list.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.35 bulk tier
At $0.35, Mindwhip Sliver is firmly bulk — easy to acquire and easy to cut without financial consequence. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to move unless a high-profile Sliver commander printing spikes the whole tribe.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.