What are Slivers? | Magic Arcanum
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Published 2019-06-11
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Slivers have been a fan-favorite since the early days of Magic: The Gathering, and now they're back in Modern Horizons - But where did they come from? How have they changed over the years? And most importantly...why can't people just leave them alone?!
Let's take a quick look at the story behind the cards, as only Magic Arcanum can do!
All Comments (21)
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This video gives all your Slivers the same sick 'stache that Ryan's rocking.
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Imagine if Emrikul started controlling the slivers and made eldrazi sliver horrors that could travel the multiverse What a terrifying thought
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I think that instead of changing new slivers to say "Slivers you control" they should have added a Sliver Hivemind that has the ability "Cards that grant abilities to all Slivers instead only grant abilities to Slivers controlled by that card's controller." That would maintain the lore much better, making slivers all share abilities until a Hivemind shows up to organize them.
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Always loved the Sliver Overlord’s flavor text ”The end of evolution”
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It's amazing how you do a better job at explaining the lore of MTG than Wizards themselves.
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WotC needs to come out and put in canon that the "Slivers" from M14 were humanoids mutated due to prolonged exposure to Hivestones.
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Oh well that's cool if I become a Sliver then all other slivers can get my depression and anxiety modifiers as well.
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Totally agree with Ryan's educated opinion on M14 slivers.
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My sliver commander deck has all the legendary slivers in it, including legion and queen who have become insanely hard to get. Good thing I decided to make that deck when they where still affordable.
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All Slivers have "Mustache". (This creature has an impressive mustache)
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My dream is some sort of sliver-eldrazi hybrid.
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Slivers will next return in Standard as planeswalkers who look suspiciously like the Gatewatch...
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I've always adored slivers from afar. I started with m14, so I only have a small handful of sliver cards, but I've wanted to make a deck with them for years. They're just really cool and unique.
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I know the mothership had a little Shandalar story for the M2014/2015 slivers. I think it's assumed that the Hivelord is a lone sliver that got blasted to the roaming plane either during the Rathi Overlay, the birth/death of Karona or the Time Spiral debacle and it essentially evolved invulnerability to ensure survival of its progeny.
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I see the whole "Slivers you control" thing as maybe a not so perfect union of the hive. Now the slivers have splintered into multiple hives like ant colonies. So now the multiverse can breathe a slight sigh of relief now that slivers could find themselves fighting each other as well as anyone who comes into their territory.
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Tbh, slivers are more adaptive than the people who play them. Change my mind.
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About the “you control” on the last 2 sets of slivers happened after a Wizards doubles tournament for the set where 1st place took all there game 2-0 (23 games) do to them both running slivers (including a total of 8 copies of Virulent Sliver where having 3 where on the field slivers had poisonous 1 X3). RND saw this and changed it for future release
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"Slivers have been been a highly requested topic." Me, first time seeing a sliver: "What the hell is that Japanese tentacle monster thing?" Me, having embraced slivers as my lord and savior: "Why the hell do people want to know about those Japanese tentacle monster things?"
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11:05 had me rolling. Please keep this series going this path. It’s just getting better!
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Thank you! I enjoy how in depth you are with your stories, and your sense of humor is a nice bonus 😂
