Name
Essence Sliver
Mana Cost
Type
Creature — Sliver
Set
Secret Lair Drop
Rarity
Rare
Text
Whenever a Sliver deals damage, its controller gains that much life.
Flavor Text
The slivers would survive, even at the expense of every other creature on Otaria.
Power/Toughness
3/3
Number
#612
Other Prints
Legions
Time Spiral Timeshifted
Legal Formats
Commander | Duel | Legacy | Modern | Oathbreaker | Premodern | Vintage
Availability
Paper
Rulings
(04/10/2004)
You only gain the life when the triggered ability resolves. If you are reduced to zero life before the ability resolves, you will lose before gaining the life.
(01/07/2013)
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.
(01/07/2013)
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.
Artist
Glen Angus
Translations