First printed in Planar Chaos (2007)
Creature — Sliver
All Slivers have "Sacrifice this permanent: You gain 3 life."
"At first we thought we were in some haunted wood. Then the branches twisted and scuttled toward us."
—Merrik Aidar, Benalish patrol
2/2
- Illustrated by
- rk post
Legality
- Legal in
- Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (3)
- The player who controlled the Sliver that's sacrificed gains the life, not the controller of Darkheart Sliver.
- 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.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.003 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
Combos
5 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Darkheart Sliver + Gwenom, Remorseless + Mortuary
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Bolas's Citadel + Darkheart Sliver + Mortuary
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Arcane Adaptation + Darkheart Sliver + Gravecrawler + Prize Pig
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Darkheart Sliver + Gravecrawler + Prize Pig + Xenograft
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Darkheart Sliver + Gravecrawler + Maskwood Nexus + Prize Pig