---
name: "Virulent Sliver"
mana_cost: "{G}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Creature — Sliver"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "SLD"
set_name: "Secret Lair Drop"
collector_number: "659Φ"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Franz Vohwinkel"
oracle_id: "767c896d-4ff6-4cd4-b3a4-80179e84e1cd"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/virulent-sliver-sld"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Virulent Sliver
- **Mana Cost:** `{G}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Creature — Sliver
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1

## Oracle Text
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*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Venom Sliver](/printing/venom-sliver-plst.md) — Creature — Sliver
2. [Toxin Sliver](/printing/toxin-sliver-sld.md) — Creature — Sliver
3. [Plague Sliver](/printing/plague-sliver-tsp.md) — Creature — Sliver
4. [Quilled Sliver](/printing/quilled-sliver-tsp.md) — Creature — Sliver
5. [Spiteful Sliver](/printing/spiteful-sliver-cmm.md) — Creature — Sliver
6. [Vampiric Sliver](/printing/vampiric-sliver-tsp.md) — Creature — Sliver

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #659Φ
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Franz Vohwinkel
- **Total Printings:** 23 across all historical editions

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