Sliver Queen

Sliver Queen's Class Identification

New • 02 May 2024 • Asked by exalted-boda • 48 Comments

Why isn’t Sliver Queen a Noble? 🧐

The term “Queen” mirrors the phrase “queen bee” to signify that she birthed the Slivers (at least the ones on Rath), not that she’s a noble in charge of politically overseeing them.
Noble Sliver Sliver Queen

Birthday Sliver Trivia

New • 17 Apr 2024 • Asked by rwssr • 41 Comments

Hey Mark, it’s my birthday! Can I please get a birthday trivia factoid on either Sliver Overlord or Sliver Gravemother!!?

Sliver Queen had been pretty popular. Legions brought back Slivers, so we thought it would be cool to do another five-color legendary Sliver in Scourge. We picked two abilities we thought would be useful. The tutor ability so you could go get the Sliver you needed in the moment, and the steal ability to help in Sliver on Sliver matches.Happy Birthday!
Birthday Legions Scourge Sliver Sliver Gravemother Sliver Overlord Sliver Queen Tutoring

Slivers Home Plane

New • 16 Jan 2024 • Asked by xansor • 68 Comments

If/when: basing a new set or new product on the sliver home plane where sliver queen was taken from or the plane sliver gravemother lives where they have overthrown a faction that had tried to domesticated them?

I believe the Slivers home plane is a when.
Factions If/When Sliver Sliver Gravemother Sliver Queen

Reserved List Dilemma

New • 19 Sep 2022 • Asked by rwssr • 67 Comments

Would/Could WotC make a card on the Reserved List legal for Standard. Like for example, doing Slivers in a premiere set and announcing Sliver Queen is legal for that set and Standard in general?

Making a card Standard-legal, but not more available, does not seem like a recipe for success.
Sliver Sliver Queen Standard The Reserved List Wizards of the Coast

Five-Color Card Trivia

New • 12 Jul 2022 • Asked by trifas • 53 Comments

Hi, Mark! Another birthday around here. Could you share any trivia on my first commander, Scion of the Ur-Dragon, or any 5 color card?

The first five-color card, Sliver Queen, came about because we wanted a card that tied all the Slivers together, and they were all five colors, so it seemed fun and splashy to make the Sliver Queen five color. We made her legendary because Michael and I put her into the story. Happy Birthday!
Birthday Colors Commander Into the Story Scion Scion of the Ur-Dragon Sliver Sliver Queen Story / Lore The Ur-Dragon

Sapience Requirement for Gaining Sparks

New • 03 Mar 2022 • Asked by hitek1208 • 31 Comments

You said it's possible to get a spark, but I thought only sentient things could get a spark. Are slivers sentiment enough, or would one have to gain enough sentience to then gain a spark (and then go through the process of igniting it). I know karn had a "talk" with the queen back in the weatherlight saga, so maybe...

The Sliver Queen was for sure sapient, so Slivers are capable of sapience. I’m not sure if the drones are less so though.
Drones Sagas Sliver Queen Slivers Weatherlight

Reprinting the Sliver Queen

New • 05 Oct 2021 • Asked by jimi099 • 41 Comments

Will you ever reprint the Sliver Queen? I have the original and I feel iffy about putting her in a deck.... the Overlord was reprinted but never the queen...

We can’t. It’s on the Reserved List.
Reprints Sliver Sliver Queen The Reserved List

Art Cards for Reserve List

New • 05 Mar 2021 • Asked by the-machine-orthodoxy • 108 Comments

Is it possible to print art cards for reserve list cards such as Black Lotus, Sliver Queen, etc.?

That is a very interesting question.
Art Black Black Lotus Card Printing Sliver Sliver Queen

Trivia on Legendary Slivers

New • 17 Apr 2020 • Asked by rwssr • 42 Comments

Can I get a birthday trivia factoid about any of the 5 legendary Slivers?

The Sliver Queen was made purely as a mechanical execution. We made her legendary because she felt legendary, so Michael Ryan and I worked her into the story. Happy Birthday!
Birthday Into the Story Sliver Sliver Queen Story / Lore

Sliver Queen's Role

New • 04 Feb 2020 • Asked by paladin-of-the-small • 23 Comments

Are sliver queens like bee queens in that they sometimes set out to start their own hive?

The Sliver Queen makes Slivers. We’ve only ever met the one.
Sliver Sliver Queen

Slivers' Hive Mind

New • 05 Nov 2019 • Asked by extreme-office-narcisist-blog • 33 Comments

What level of hive mind do slivers have? Are they sapient or are only the leaders sapient? Do they have free will? If so, do they lose it while hooked up to the hive mind?

Most of the slivers aren’t sapient, but the Sliver Queen was.
Hive Mind Sliver Sliver Queen The Hive

Sliver Queen Printer

New • 28 Jul 2019 • Asked by shadowstar91 • 69 Comments

"Our printer to print our playtest cards is called Sliver Queen." as a massive Sliver fan i just gotta know if there's a story behind this. you opened this up MaRo, now ya gotta share the why of it.

I think it’s because the Sliver Queen spits out a lot of Slivers just as the printer spits out a lot of cards.
Card Printing Mark Rosewater Playtesting Sliver Sliver Queen Story / Lore

Obscure Office Fact

New • 28 Jul 2019 • Asked by peareston-blog • 143 Comments

Can you please tell me the most insignificant fact about magic that is obscure and the public doesn't already know?

Our printer to print our playtest cards is called Sliver Queen.
Card Printing Playtesting Sliver Sliver Queen

Sliver Planeswalker Possibility

New • 24 Mar 2019 • Asked by betuman • 34 Comments

Regarding the sliver pw, couldn’t we have a sliver queen become a planeswalker? I mean, storywise, this breed of sliver could be sapient.

It is possible yes.
Planeswalkers Sliver Sliver Queen

Intelligent Slivers Concept

New • 23 Mar 2019 • Asked by per-mariam-ad-jesum • 25 Comments

Artificial creatures can’t hold Sparks, but can non-sapient animals? I was under the impression that Slivers weren’t intelligent, but people sure do love talking about a hypothetical Sliver planeswalker.

The Sliver Queen was intelligent, so some Slivers are, just not most of them.
Creatures Planeswalkers Sliver Sliver Queen

Reprinting Sliver Royalty

New • 22 Mar 2019 • Asked by paladin8000 • 41 Comments

Mark, can we get reprint from Sliver Queen and Sliver Overlord?

Are they on the Reserved List?
Card Printing Reprints Sliver Sliver Overlord Sliver Queen The Reserved List

Sliver Royal Family

New • 12 Mar 2019 • Asked by goku332 • 75 Comments

There's a Sliver Queen that was taken from the Sliver Homeworld. Is it possible there that there is a Sliver King?

Is there a king bee?
Sliver Sliver Queen

Slivers in Supplemental Sets

New • 15 Feb 2019 • Asked by 64m3-0v3r • 31 Comments

Could we have slivers in a non-standard set, like Commander? My sliver Queen deck need some help Mark! 😂

Slivers could show up in a supplemental set.
Commander Premier Sets Sliver Sliver Queen Standard

Early Creature Types

New • 21 Jun 2018 • Asked by lazcarno • 55 Comments

Here's something I've always wondered about. Way back in the day, creatures ("Summon" cards) only ever had one subtype, including Legend; to the point that Sliver Queen needed rules text saying it counted as a Sliver. Why, then, did the original Elder Dragons get not one but two additional creature types? Why did they get to be "Elder Dragon Legends," but Sliver Queen couldn't say "Sliver Legend?" As the lead designer of Tempest I'm hoping you'll know this. ;)

Early Magic had a rule of one creature type. That felt Elder Dragons Legends was cool enough to break the rule. I pushed very hard to break the one creature type rule and was part of the team that convinced everyone to start race class.
Creatures Dragon Elder Head Designer Humor Legendary Creatures Rules Sliver Sliver Queen Subtype Tempest

5-Color Design Trivia

New • 15 Jan 2017 • Asked by combatdonut • 43 Comments

Mark, it's my birthday! And this is my first ask on blogatog. Could I get some trivia on 5-color design?

The first five-color card I was ever associated with was Sliver Queen in Stronghold. We wanted to make a Sliver lord and Slivers were all five colors, so making her five-colored seemed like the only right choice. I worked her into the story and she and Karn had a touching scene (she was guarding the Legacy and Karn talked her into letting him have it).Happy Birthday!
Birthday Colors Into the Story Legacy Sliver Queen Slivers Story / Lore Stronghold

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