Sliver Legion
Legendary Creature — Sliver
All Sliver creatures get +1/+1 for each other Sliver on the battlefield.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BGRUW
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop
- Price
- $40.10
- EDHREC rank
- #4633
Sliver Legion turns every Sliver you control into a threat proportional to the entire board — a field of ten Slivers means each one gets +9/+9, ending games on the spot. The five-color, five-mana cost is real friction, but The First Sliver makes color-fixing trivial enough that it rarely matters.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The First Sliver
The First Sliver's cascade chain dumps enough Slivers into play that Sliver Legion's pump can swing lethal out of nowhere — the wider the board gets, the more absurd the math becomes.
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 Sliver Legion lives. The five-color requirement is a non-issue in a 100-card singleton format built around a five-color commander, and the tribal density needed to make the pump relevant is easy to hit at 99 cards. In Legacy and Vintage, Sliver Legion is technically legal but sees essentially no play — fast interaction and non-creature strategies make a five-mana do-nothing-until-attacks creature a liability. Oathbreaker is legal but the 20-life starting total makes the setup feel clunky against aggressive strategies.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Sliver Legion's raw pump is hard to replicate cheaply, but Coat of Arms does most of the same work for under $3 — the key trade-off is that it buffs opponents' tribal decks too, which matters in a Sliver mirror or against Elves. For a creature-based alternative, Sliver Hivelord at roughly $8 swaps the anthem for indestructibility, which is a different axis entirely but arguably more durable in removal-heavy pods.
Price Context
Current price
$40.10 premium tier
At $40.10, Sliver Legion sits firmly in the premium tier — this is a card you budget for, not an impulse pickup. It holds value well because it's the only effect of its kind for Sliver tribal and doesn't have a clean reprint candidate.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.