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Psionic Sliver

Creature — Sliver

All Sliver creatures have "{T}: This creature deals 2 damage to any target and 3 damage to itself."

CMC
5
Mana cost
{4}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
rare
Set
Secret Lair Drop
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#19172
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Psionic Sliver card art
Psionic Sliver gives every Sliver you control a tap ability that deals 2 damage to any target and 3 damage to itself — a repeatable, board-wide ping engine that doubles as a sacrifice setup for slivers like Shelob, Child of Ungoliant that care about creatures dying. The self-damage clause is the real cost, so you need either indestructible buffs or ways to exploit the deaths before the math catches up.

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

Psionic Sliver is a Commander card through and through — five mana is too slow for Legacy and Vintage, where Slivers aren't a competitive archetype anyway. In Commander, it slots cleanly into any Sliver tribal build that wants reach beyond combat, turning an otherwise stalled board into a late-game damage source or sacrifice outlet. The self-damage clause becomes an asset rather than a drawback in decks running Crystalline Sliver for indestructibility or sac synergies that reward creatures dying.

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Price Context

Current price

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Pricing data for Psionic Sliver isn't available in the current feed, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number. It's a niche tribal piece with a narrow home, which typically keeps older silver-bordered and fringe-tribal cards affordable.

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