Constricting Sliver

Card text

Sliver creatures you control have "When this creature enters, you may exile target creature an opponent controls until this creature leaves the battlefield."

Newborn slivers will sometimes wrap themselves playfully around a human's finger. They grow out of the "playful" part.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.84 (as of 2026-11-11).

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Format legality

Legality of Constricting Sliver by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

Other printings of Constricting Sliver

Constricting Sliver has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Constricting Sliver, newest first.

• 2014-07-18 Abilities that Slivers grant, as well as power/toughness boosts, are cumulative. However, for some abilities, like indestructible and the ability granted by Belligerent Sliver, having more than one instance of the ability doesn’t provide any additional benefit.
• 2014-07-18 The Sliver that enters the battlefield is the source of the ability that exiles the creature. For example, if a blue Sliver enters the battlefield under your control, the ability can target and exile a creature with protection from white.
• 2014-07-18 If you change the creature type of a Sliver you control so it’s no longer a Sliver, it will no longer be affected by its own ability. Its ability will continue to affect other Sliver creatures you control.
• 2014-07-18 Auras attached to the exiled creature will be put into their owners’ graveyards (unless they’re Theros block cards with the bestow ability). Equipment attached to the exiled creature will become unattached and remain on the battlefield. Any counters on the exiled creature will cease to exist.
• 2014-07-18 When Constricting Sliver enters the battlefield, the ability it gives itself will trigger.
• 2014-07-18 The exiled card will return even if the Sliver whose ability exiled it doesn’t have that ability at the time (perhaps because Constricting Sliver is no longer on the battlefield).
• 2014-07-18 If a Sliver leaves the battlefield before its enters-the-battlefield ability resolves, the target creature won’t be exiled.
• 2014-07-18 If a Sliver you control leaves the battlefield, only the card that particular Sliver exiled will return to the battlefield. Each card exiled by another Sliver will remain exiled until that Sliver leaves the battlefield.

Similar cards

Other creature cards with a white colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.

• Grand Abolisher
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