Pointed Discussion

The best of the M14 slivers, simply because double strike is one of the best abilities in the game.

This thing scares me. There's a reason the old fury sliver was costed at 6 mana, and that's because double strike is fricking insane to be giving to all your creatures.

Hey atleast it's shockable. I'll be missing my searing spears, but atleast there are a decent amount of 2 thoughness doods.

If slivers become a thing post-M14, this will probably be why. That's not much mana to give them all double strike, and since it's a sliver, it's reasonable that by the time you play this, it'll be out of Shock range thanks to any Predatory Slivers you have out.

The card that dictated that Naya Slivers was going to be a real deck.

Obligatory double strike effect #2. And Wizards put it on the second most-powerful creature tribe ever printed. For, as someone else pointed out, at 2 mana less than Fury Sliver. This critter can, and probably will, make slivers a thing in standard.

Kinsbaile Cavalier is become assimilated!

Completely insane. No further comment.

Ender of games:
Cost 4 mana.

jeez, one way to end a game.

Poor Striking Sliver feels useless now....

By itself, it's alright. In a sliver deck, nearly mandatory, if you got the right slivers that is. The best sliver to combo it with would be brood sliver, I guess.

I literally thought this was a joke when it was spoiled. This thing is completely insane.

It's a shame that the new M14 Slivers were brought in line with the rest of the "you control" global effects. Leaving slivers with their former gameplay style could have been used to reintroduce balanced, symmetrical effects. Removing this previously-ubiquitous standard for nearly all Sliver cards makes it apparent that these kind of global, balanced effects are going the way of the beebles, and won't be seen again.

You could say he's just Kinsbaile Cavalier, sure.

But consider the tribe he's working with. They are THE tribe. This thing is going to be a nightmare.

if you want to know my opinion, it's all on Battle Sliver. If I chose to believe that the justifications to appease Vorthos were enough, I'd be singing an entirely different tune and be very interesting in giving them real, individual evaluations. But nope, sorry, I'm not sold that their excuses were sufficient grounds to stop being mad. OTHER parts of this set, I love. :P This frustrates me -_-

Yes, this will go into my GWR sliver deck in place of the Fury Sliver.

@Gandlodder
Actually, I think the "you control" effect was merely added for the sake of new players. As this is a core set, having a new person only worry about how to buff their creatures is a lot nicer than finding out they just buffed their opponent's creatures as well. Having been a new player myself, I can totally understand this. But don't worry; I doubt we've seen the last of global effects outside of core sets. :3

As for the card, the design is very competitive and will be appearing in many sliver decks to come... Kinsbaile Cavalier was usually just a 4/2, essentially. But by the time this guy arrives, your hive is already adding more power to him. Add on the fact that he only serves your board position, and the effect is deadly. Fury Sliver will still have a home for singleton and EDH decks, as well as people who prefer to stay pure and true to the old-fashion slivers.

I always feel it's hit or miss with Trevor Claxton's work. Sometimes I really like his art style, and sometimes I feel he could have used less darker or lighter values. However I'm a little on the fence with this one. On one hand, I'm loving the focus he brings to the slivers scythe-like arm. The perspective and foreshortening of the creature is superbly done. Depth of field mixed with light values in the background really helps the shadow and darker values in the foreground leap out. On the other hand, however, I'm not entirely a fan of the shadows used on the canyon walls so close to the sliver. I feel it really distorts the outline of its figure and maybe wasn't needed. Also, I would have liked to see more detail on how it's balancing in that stance. Is it lurking slowly forward, or are we seeing it advancing quickly to its destination? Even then, Trevor has done a good job.

The only Sliver you'll always run in your limited decks even if you have no other Sliver.

I can just see him screaming at himself "I HATE YOU ROCK"

That's not a sliver.

Is this card seriously rated this low because of people being butthurt about the new art?
This is one of the most powerful slivers out there, crucial to a sliver deck of any color, and possibly a better/more consistent finisher than Shifting Sliver.
F**king bonkers.
5/5

Well, I'm a little airplane nyow...

If you don't have one in your Modern Slivers deck, you're doing it wrong

That's a sliver.

it always bothered me how everyone is saying how they liked the old slivers so much better. this is the best sliver I've seen in the set, using arguably the strongest basic ability in the game. also, must i remind you all that the new slivers only buff your creatures? so no disadvantages there. please consider the power of a card and not just rate it low for nostalgic reasons, I'm glad slivers are back, and i personally like the new art and abilities of them more than the old ones.

as if sliver decks didn't get fat enough already.... This is just insane!

IN FACT, this is probably too much. There are few other examples of a 2/2 double strike for 4, and NONE of them will ever match up to this card.

I personally believe that there are other tribes that deserve a chance in the sun though.