Opaline Sliver
Creature — Sliver
All Slivers have "Whenever this permanent becomes the target of a spell an opponent controls, you may draw a card."
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Time Spiral
- Price
- $2.92
- EDHREC rank
- #10496
Opaline Sliver turns every targeted spell an opponent points at your Slivers into a free card, which means the more Slivers you control, the more punishing it becomes to interact with any of them. In The First Sliver decks that cascade into a board of ten-plus Slivers, the card advantage it generates makes targeted removal functionally counterproductive for your opponents.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The First Sliver
The First Sliver's cascade chain floods the board with Slivers faster than any other commander, and Opaline Sliver turns that critical mass into a draw engine — opponents who try to pick off individual pieces mid-chain just dig you deeper into your deck.
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 |
In Commander, Opaline Sliver is a role-player rather than a bomb: it does nothing on an empty board, but in a dedicated Sliver build it quickly becomes the reason opponents give up on targeted removal altogether. Legacy and Vintage are the only competitive formats where it's legal, and neither has ever found a serious use for it — Sliver strategies don't compete at that power level, so it stays firmly in the casual pile. Modern has the card pool but not the competitive Sliver shell to make it matter outside of kitchen-table builds. Opaline Sliver is a Commander card through and through.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$2.92 cheap tier
At $2.92, Opaline Sliver sits in the cheap tier — fair for a card with a narrow home but a dedicated one. Its price is stable because demand is real but limited to Sliver tribal, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.