Spiteful Sliver
Spiteful Sliver: Creature - Sliver, Commander Masters. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{R}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Creature - Sliver
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Power / toughness
- 2/2
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Commander Masters (CMM)
- Released
- 2023-08-04
- Collector number
- 881
- Artist
- Johann Bodin
- Commander rank
- 4,744 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Spiteful Sliver
Spiteful Sliver is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red creature from Commander Masters (CMM), a Masters set released in August 2023. It is collector number 881 in that set, with art by Johann Bodin. It costs {2}{R} (two generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Modern Horizons (2019) to Commander Masters (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.14 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Sliver creatures you control have "Whenever this creature is dealt damage, it deals that much damage to target player or planeswalker."
"The key to safely studying any sliver is to find out what provokes it, then absolutely never do that." -Rukarumel, field journal
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.14 (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 Spiteful Sliver by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Spiteful Sliver
Spiteful Sliver has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #643 | Rare | 2022 |
| Jumpstart: Historic Horizons (J21) #517 | Rare | 2021 |
| Modern Horizons (MH1) #148 | Rare | 2019 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Spiteful Sliver, newest first.
- Damage dealt by the Sliver due to its triggered ability isn’t combat damage, even if it was combat damage that caused that ability to trigger.
- If a Sliver is dealt damage by multiple sources at once (such as by two creatures blocking it), its ability triggers once and one target is dealt that much damage.
- The ability granted by Spiteful Sliver will trigger even if the Sliver is dealt lethal damage. For example, if a 2/2 Sliver blocks a 7/7 creature, the Sliver’s ability will trigger and it will deal 7 damage.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Spiteful Sliver is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.
- Sliver Swarm (CMM), led by Sliver Gravemother