Dormant Sliver

Sliver Gameplay Dynamics

"as they find the game play of a Sliver on Sliver match-up to be frustrating, where you have to often not play your own cards because it helps the opponent more than you." That was part of the fun, figuring out when to strategically play your slivers to help you more in a mirror match than an opponent. It also made Plague Sliver and Dormant Sliver cool interactions.

The players that enjoyed that the most tended to be the Spike-iest players. It’s the same group that got mad when we took mana burn away.

Burn Away Dormant Sliver Game Play Mana Mirror Match Plague Sliver Sliver

Slivers' Design Philosophy

Because of the shifting of tribal effects to "you control" does that preclude a sliver with a downside like Dormant Sliver from appearing again or just make it extremely unlikely?

I think downside Slivers were a mistake.

Dormant Sliver Kindred / Typal Sliver

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