
Virulent Sliver
Creature — Sliver
All Sliver creatures have poisonous 1. (Whenever a Sliver deals combat damage to a player, that player gets a poison counter. A player with ten or more poison counters loses the game.)
"They actually have venom, not poison. If they were poisonous, a single drop would—IT BURNS! IT BURNS!" —Riptide researcher, last words
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Commander bracket
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Combos
Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.
Format legality
Rulings
- 2013-07-01
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.
- 2021-03-19
A player with ten or more poison counters loses the game as a state-based action, even if no permanents with poisonous are on the battlefield.
- 2021-03-19
If a creature has multiple instances of poisonous, each triggers separately.
- 2021-03-19
Poisonous 1 causes the player to get just one poison counter when a Sliver deals combat damage to them, no matter how much damage that Sliver dealt.