Spitting Sliver
Creature — Sliver
All Sliver creatures have first strike.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Planar Chaos
- Price
- $0.30
- EDHREC rank
- #20830
Spitting Sliver grants first strike to every Sliver you control, which is the only ability that matters in a tribe defined by combat math. Five mana is steep for a lord-style effect, but in a deck where every creature already shares every other ability, the cost is irrelevant — you're not cutting it for anything.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Spitting Sliver actually gets played, slotting into any five-color Sliver list as a non-negotiable combat piece — first strike across your whole board turns trades into one-sided massacres. In Legacy and Vintage, Slivers aren't a serious archetype, so Spitting Sliver sits on the shelf. Pauper is its only other realistic home, where the commons-only Sliver shell can use the keyword advantage, though the five-mana cost is punishing at that speed.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.30 bulk tier
At $0.30, Spitting Sliver is pure bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or from a dollar box without thinking twice. It's a tribal staple with a narrow audience, so don't expect the price to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.