Whirling Dervish

What are 'Slith'?

Hey Mark, what is a “Slith”?Any chance they are related to the enemy of the Jedi, the Sith?

It’s a creature that gets a +1/+1 counter when it deals combat damage. They first showed up in Tempest. I made them inspired by the card Whirling Dervish.

Creatures Slith Tempest Whirling Dervish

Birthday Trivia on Sliths

It is my birthday! As I hit the big Three-Zero, I wonder if you have any trivia related to a creature type introduced in Magic's 30th set, Mirrodin, the slith and the mechanic related to them. Keep up the amazing work

The Slith were created because of my love of the first creature to have that ability, Whirling Dervish. There were enough in the set that we decided to make a brand new creature type as the flavor of Whirling Dervish wasn’t appropriate. Happy Birthday!

Birthday Creatures Flavor Mechanics Mirrodin Slith Whirling Dervish

Sliths and Vampires

On the return of the Slith, and their "Unique Ability"... Quite a few of the Vampires from Innistrad had it. 9 from what I counted using a Gatherer search.

Sliths predate the Innistrad Vampires but Whirling Dervish (from Legends) predate the Sliths.

Innistrad Legendary Creatures Search Slith Vampire Whirling Dervish

Portions of Marodigest are unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Wizards of the Coast Fan Content Policy. The literal and graphical information presented on this site about Magic: The Gathering, including card images and mana symbols, is copyright Wizards of the Coast, LLC. Marodigest is not produced by or endorsed by Wizards of the Coast. All other content © 2024 Webscape Internet Engineers. All rights reserved.