Striking Sliver

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Striking Sliver: Creature - Sliver, Commander Masters. Sliver creatures you control have first strike. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{R}
Mana value
1
Type
Creature - Sliver
Colour identity
Red (R)
Power / toughness
1/1
Rarity
Common
Set
Commander Masters (CMM)
Released
2023-08-04
Collector number
882
Artist
Aaron J. Riley
Commander rank
5,071 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Striking Sliver

Striking Sliver is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common red creature from Commander Masters (CMM), a Masters set released in August 2023. It is collector number 882 in that set, with art by Aaron J. Riley. It costs {R} (one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. It is a 1/1 creature. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Magic 2014 (2013) to Commander Masters (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.64 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Sliver creatures you control have first strike. (They deal combat damage before creatures without first strike.)

There is no such thing as surprising a sliver.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.64 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

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

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other printings of Striking Sliver

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

PrintingRarityYear
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #644Rare2022
Jumpstart: Historic Horizons (J21) #522Common2021
Magic 2014 (M14) #157Common2013

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Striking 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 Striking Sliver leaves the battlefield after Sliver creatures you control have dealt first-strike damage but before regular combat damage, those Slivers won’t deal regular combat damage (unless they have double strike for some reason).
  • 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.

Similar cards

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In these precons

Striking Sliver is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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