Virulent Sliver

Poisonous to Toxic Errata

I'm having difficulty seeing why Virulent Sliver wouldn't eventually be errataed from poisonous to toxic. The two mechanics work identically, the only real difference between them is the Phyrexian flavor behind toxic. Given that there are only two cards that have or give poisonous (and the other one is totally unplayed in all formats), there isn't really memory or inertia to worry about. Is this an errata that you could see reasonably happening at any time?

The best chance of it happening is the card getting reprinted. We are more hesitant to errata cards in which 100% of the printed versions are incorrect.

Card Printing Errata Flavor Mechanics Phyrexian Poisonous Reprints Sliver Toxic Virulent Sliver

Virulent Sliver Errata

Will Virulent Sliver ever be erratad to have Toxic instead of Poisonous?

Unlikely.

Errata Poisonous Sliver Toxic Virulent Sliver

Poisonous Mechanic Critique

Why create a new keyword ability when poisonous is right there? Is Virulent Sliver just a joke to you? Is Virulent Sliver now Dre?

Poisonous didn’t work the way we wanted and it was on only two cards, future-shifted “maybe one days these cards might exist” no less.

Humor Keyword Abilities Mechanics Poisonous Sliver Virulent Sliver

Contraptions Design Philosophy

You've said that you want to do contraptions exactly as worded on steamflogger boss... But future sight was riddled with things that ended up being done similarly but not exactly (tarmogoyf ~ Delirium boosters, sarcomite myr ~ esper shard, ghostfire ~ eldrazi, lucent liminid ~ nyxians, virulent sliver ~ infect). Why are you making Steamfloger Boss completely immutable while you solve contraptions? Isn't this just making something (that matches exactly) simply to show you can (bad design)?

Doing it in the very next set regardless of whether it fits or not is doing it to prove you can. Waiting for the right spot to properly solve it, is good design.

Boosters Contraptions Delirium Eldrazi Esper Esper (W/U/B) Future Sight Ghostfire Infect Lucent Liminid Myr Sarcomite Myr Sliver Steamflogger Boss Tarmogoyf Three Color Virulent Sliver

Poisonous Mechanic

Say I have virulent sliver with poison 1 and a muscle sliver, at this point the muscle sliver is making the virulent sliver a 2/2 and say I hit an opponent with no blocks, would I give them one poison counter or two??

Poisonous is based on the number and has nothing to do with the creature’s power. Poisonous 1 will always give 1 poison.

Creatures Muscle Sliver Poison Sliver Virulent Sliver

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