Slide Sliver
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Posted on May 18, 2019, 1:22 p.m. by Mortlocke
This was another idea that was rattling around in my head - a Sliver inspired by both Brago, King Eternal and Astral Slide , I present:
I have no idea if this would be a good Sliver to begin with, but I figured there would be some interesting card combinations other people could come up with. Thoughts?
Flooremoji: Quick Sliver isn't modern legal and i don't think "slide sliver" would be good enough for legacy.
Slide sliver here would only be good with slivers that had ETB effects, of which i can only find 5 in the whole game. and of those 5, the only one thats any good is Harmonic Sliver . harmonic and slide could loop each other to ensure a player can destroy another artifact/enchantment each turn, but that combo isn't worth the deck space. sideboard space is already too restricted.
May 18, 2019 1:59 p.m.
Honestly this seems like a really interesting sliver idea. Although there aren't many slivers that have etbs, I could see this being in edh decks mostly. Maybe format it like Skybind so that you can avoid the Harmonic Sliver ability though, for balancing reasons.
May 18, 2019 3:57 p.m.
Hey all, thanks for the comments.
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Flooremoji, I'm not sure if Sundial of the Infinite works with this hypothetical sliver, but I don't see why it wouldn't. When activated, Sundial does have you bypass the end step. I designed this sliver to essentially reach out beyond the typical design space for slivers towards a Derevi Creature toolkit Archetype.
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Ugin420, i'm considering this sliver for all formats. IF this were to get printed, then it wouldn't be by itself -that's for sure. Quick Sliver could come right alongside it. Question for you - what hypothetical ETB slivers should be printed to help this hypothetical Sliver?
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dbpunk, In my opinion Skybind is just a bad card, and I wouldn't want to water down this hypothetical sliver's design. It's meant to lend itself to more than just slivers. The Harmonic Sliver ability has it's own draw backs anyway - as it doesn't have a "may" clause and could destroy it's controller's enchantments and artifacts.
May 19, 2019 1:21 p.m. Edited.
Very nice!! But does this create a loop if applied to your own slivers? Would it trigger again when they enter on the blink back?
Flooremoji says... #2
Hmm, could become a problem with Quick Sliver and Aether Vial because nobody likes have less lands temorarily. Does this also work with Sundial of the Infinite ? I can't tell if it's a delayed triggered ability or not.
May 18, 2019 1:26 p.m.