Shifting Sliver
Shifting Sliver: Creature - Sliver, Commander Masters. Slivers can't be blocked except by Slivers. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{U}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Creature - Sliver
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Power / toughness
- 2/2
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Commander Masters (CMM)
- Released
- 2023-08-04
- Collector number
- 855
- Artist
- Darrell Riche
- Commander rank
- 4,249 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Shifting Sliver
Shifting Sliver is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon blue creature from Commander Masters (CMM), a Masters set released in August 2023. It is collector number 855 in that set, with art by Darrell Riche. It costs {3}{U} (three generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Legions (2003) to Commander Masters (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.84 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Slivers can't be blocked except by Slivers.
Once the last few slivers the Riptide Project controlled were dead, there was nothing to keep the island from being completely overrun.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.84 (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 Shifting 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 Shifting Sliver
Shifting Sliver has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #LGN-52 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| Legions (LGN) #52 | Uncommon | 2003 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Shifting Sliver, newest first.
- 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.
- 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.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Shifting Sliver is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.
- Sliver Swarm (CMM), led by Sliver Gravemother