Sentinel Sliver
Creature — Sliver
Sliver creatures you control have vigilance. (Attacking doesn't cause them to tap.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Jumpstart: Historic Horizons
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #4226
Sentinel Sliver gives every Sliver you control vigilance for two mana — one of the best rate-to-impact ratios in the tribe. In The First Sliver decks, that means your entire board attacks every turn without leaving you exposed, which is often the difference between closing a game and dying on the crackback.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The First Sliver
The First Sliver cascades through your library on every Sliver cast, and Sentinel Sliver's two-mana cost makes it an easy cascade hit while the vigilance it grants lets your growing board attack freely and still hold up as blockers — removing the classic aggro vulnerability that wide Sliver boards create.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Sentinel Sliver is a staple — vigilance matters more in a four-player game where you're always leaving yourself open to at least three opponents, and a two-mana enchantment that blanket-upgrades every creature you control is exactly the kind of cheap tribal infrastructure Sliver decks want. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Legacy, Sentinel Sliver rarely sees play; pure Sliver aggro strategies there prefer lords that boost power and toughness over a keyword that doesn't close games faster. Pauper is the one 60-card exception worth noting, where the card is legal and vigilance has more traction in slower metas, though dedicated Sliver lists there are a fringe proposition.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.