Necrotic Sliver
Creature — Sliver
All Slivers have "
, Sacrifice this permanent: Destroy target permanent."
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Forgotten Realms Commander
- Price
- $0.40
- EDHREC rank
- #4945
Necrotic Sliver turns every Sliver on the battlefield into a repeatable Vindicate — pay three mana, sacrifice one, and any permanent is gone. The tribal tax is real, but in a deck that already wants to flood the board with Slivers, the cost is trivial and the reach is enormous.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The First Sliver
The First Sliver cascades into Necrotic Sliver for free, and every subsequent Sliver cast off cascade is also a potential removal trigger — the engine effectively converts your entire tribe into targeted destruction on demand.
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 Necrotic Sliver earns its keep: the singleton format's reliance on specific permanents — planeswalkers, problematic enchantments, lands — makes unconditional repeatable removal on a creature body disproportionately powerful. In Legacy and Vintage, Necrotic Sliver is legal but functionally irrelevant; three mana and a sacrifice is far too slow against those formats' threat density, and Sliver tribal has no meaningful competitive presence there. Oathbreaker is a reasonable home if your signature spell supports a Sliver shell, but the 60-card formats and Pauper are either too fast or don't have the card at all.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.40 bulk tier
At $0.40, Necrotic Sliver is firmly bulk — you're paying for a 65-percent inclusion rate in The First Sliver decks, not scarcity. It's been reprinted enough times that the price has no real floor to break, so grab it now and don't think about it again.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.