---
name: "Synapse Sliver"
mana_cost: "{4}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Sliver"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "SLD"
set_name: "Secret Lair Drop"
collector_number: "626"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Thomas M. Baxa"
oracle_id: "b76f123d-7b78-42a1-a66e-0dee6f773687"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/synapse-sliver-sld"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Synapse Sliver
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Sliver
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3

## Oracle Text
Whenever a Sliver deals combat damage to a player, its controller may draw a card.

> *"Species XR17 feeds upon the mental energies of its victims. This explains why the goblins remain unaffected."
—Riptide Project researcher*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Opaline Sliver](/printing/opaline-sliver-tsp.md) — Creature — Sliver
2. [Mnemonic Sliver](/printing/mnemonic-sliver-tmp.md) — Creature — Sliver
3. [Sliv-Mizzet, Hivemind](/printing/sliv-mizzet-hivemind-cmb1.md) — Legendary Creature — Dragon Sliver
4. [Essence Sliver](/printing/essence-sliver-lgn.md) — Creature — Sliver
5. [Capricious Sliver](/printing/capricious-sliver-cmm.md) — Creature — Sliver
6. [Hollowhead Sliver](/printing/hollowhead-sliver-mh1.md) — Creature — Sliver

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #626
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Thomas M. Baxa
- **Total Printings:** 14 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`