Hibernation Sliver
Hibernation Sliver: Creature - Sliver, Commander Masters. All Slivers have "Pay 2 life: Return this permanent to its owner's hand." On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {U}{B}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Creature - Sliver
- Colour identity
- Blue and black (UB)
- Power / toughness
- 2/2
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Commander Masters (CMM)
- Released
- 2023-08-04
- Collector number
- 925
- Artist
- Scott Kirschner
- Commander rank
- 5,346 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Hibernation Sliver
Hibernation Sliver is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon blue and black creature from Commander Masters (CMM), a Masters set released in August 2023. It is collector number 925 in that set, with art by Scott Kirschner. It costs {U}{B} (one blue and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is blue and black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Stronghold (1998) to Commander Masters (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.62 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
All Slivers have "Pay 2 life: Return this permanent to its owner's hand."
Mogglings have been known to play ball with hibernating slivers, completely unaware of their true nature.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.62 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Hibernation Sliver by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
Other printings of Hibernation Sliver
Hibernation Sliver has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #664 | Rare | 2022 |
| Tempest Remastered (TPR) #209 | Uncommon | 2015 |
| Premium Deck Series: Slivers (H09) #12 | Uncommon | 2009 |
| Stronghold (STH) #128 | Uncommon | 1998 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Hibernation Sliver, newest first.
- If the creature type of a Sliver changes 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.
- Abilities that Slivers grant, as well as power/toughness boosts, are cumulative. However, for some abilities, like flying, having more than one instance of the ability doesn’t provide any additional benefit.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a blue and black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Hibernation Sliver is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.
- Sliver Swarm (CMM), led by Sliver Gravemother