Venom Sliver
Creature — Sliver
Sliver creatures you control have deathtouch. (Any amount of damage a creature with deathtouch deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $1.50
- EDHREC rank
- #4235
Venom Sliver turns every Sliver into a deathtouch machine, making even a 1/1 token a lethal blocker and a board-stall nightmare for opponents. At two mana, the cost is trivial — The First Sliver cascades into it for free value, and it earns its slot in any Sliver list without debate.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The First Sliver
The First Sliver cascades through the Sliver library and frequently hits Venom Sliver mid-chain, immediately upgrading every creature in play — deathtouch on a board of cascading bodies turns combat into a lock almost no opponent wants to challenge.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Venom Sliver does its best work — tribal boards go wide fast, and slapping deathtouch on ten creatures simultaneously makes combat math unsolvable for three opponents at once. In Legacy and Vintage, Slivers exist but compete against faster linear strategies that don't need the board to stick long enough for deathtouch to matter. Modern Slivers can find a role for Venom Sliver in an aggro-tribal shell where deterring chump blocks accelerates the clock. Pioneer is the same story in a smaller card pool — playable in the archetype, rarely a priority. Across non-rotating formats, Venom Sliver is a staple in the tribe and a tourist everywhere else.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.50 cheap tier
At $1.50, Venom Sliver sits in the cheap tier and is a straightforward pickup — it's a four-of in any Sliver shell that wants it, and the price reflects wide availability rather than low demand. It won't spike, but it won't get cheaper either; buy it when you're sleeving the deck.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.