Essence Sliver card art

Essence Sliver

Creature — Sliver MV 4

Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.

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What it does

Whenever a Sliver deals damage, its controller gains that much life.

Combos with Essence Sliver

Lines this card is part of — what it needs alongside it, and what the two of them do. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.

  • Hibernation Sliver Lavabelly Sliver Aluren Infinite
    • Infinite damage
    • Infinite creature ETB
    • Infinite lifegain triggers
    • Infinite creature LTB
    • Infinite storm count
    See the steps on Commander Spellbook →
  • Morophon, the Boundless Hibernation Sliver Lavabelly Sliver Infinite
    • Infinite damage
    • Infinite creature ETB
    • Infinite lifegain triggers
    • Infinite creature LTB
    • Infinite storm count
    See the steps on Commander Spellbook →
  • Metallic Sliver Lavabelly Sliver Hibernation Sliver Herald's Horn Infinite
    • Infinite damage
    • Infinite creature ETB
    • Infinite lifegain triggers
    • Infinite creature LTB
    • Infinite storm count
    See the steps on Commander Spellbook →
  • Metallic Sliver Lavabelly Sliver Hibernation Sliver Urza's Incubator Infinite
    • Infinite damage
    • Infinite creature ETB
    • Infinite lifegain triggers
    • Infinite creature LTB
    • Infinite storm count
    See the steps on Commander Spellbook →

Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.

Rulings

3 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.

  • 2004-10-04

    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.

  • 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.

  • 2013-07-01

    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.

Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.

In the 99

Every deck whose current list includes Essence Sliver, whatever its commander.

Decks running it 1
Games played 0
Win rate — Fewer than 5 completed games — not enough to publish a rate yet.
Confirmed on board 0 Games where a board photo caught it actually in play.

Most played under

Commander Decks Games Win rate
Sliver Hivelord 1 0 —

Colors it shows up in

  • Five-Color 1 deck

Every version of Essence Sliver

3 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly — a printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall genuinely publishes none for some of them.

Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Essence Sliver — a name search across every version, for the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.

Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only — no individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.