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Firewake Sliver

Creature — Sliver1 generic manaRed manaGreen mana

Haste was always the missing tempo lever in the Sliver deck. The hive's strength is the lord-stacking snowball, but a board of Slivers that has to wait a turn to attack hands every removal-heavy opponent a free window to break up the accumulating buffs. Granting the whole tribe haste closes that window: every creature that hits the battlefield can immediately convert into damage before the table can answer it. The second clause is where the card stops being a simple tempo enabler. Giving every Sliver a sacrifice-for-+2/+2 ability turns the board into a reservoir of last-strike combat math: each Sliver is both a body and a pump spell waiting to be cashed, so a swing that looks blockable becomes lethal once you start feeding creatures to the survivors. It also doubles as a sacrifice outlet, letting the deck dodge edicts, bin tokens for value, or push damage through after blocks are declared. The 1/1 body sets the terms of the bargain: this is a glue piece, not a threat, and its value scales entirely with how many other Slivers are already down. On an empty board it does almost nothing, which is what keeps a card granting two tribe-wide abilities for 1 generic manaRed manaGreen mana from being oppressive in a vacuum. In a developed hive it is the difference between a wide board that stalls and one that wins the turn it resolves.

Firewake Sliver (tsr)
TSR · #252uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.36
Foil: $0.99
Oracle Text

Rules text

All Sliver creatures have haste. All Slivers have "1 generic mana, Sacrifice this permanent: Target Sliver creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn."
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
N/A
Historic
N/A
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
N/A
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
Legal
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
N/A
Penny Dreadful
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
Legal
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