Dominaria Rathi Overlay ĭuring the Rathi Overlay the slivers were transported to Urborg. Thanks to Hanna, who realized how the slivers' hive mind worked, the crew defeated them in the Furnace of Rath and Karn was able to convince the Sliver Queen to release the Legacy to him, arguing that the artifacts were as much a part of him as the slivers were a part of her. Volrath used the hive to guard the Legacy and to attack Weatherlight and her crew on their quest to retake those artifacts and their captain, Sisay. Before the Dominarian invasion, there were no more than 5,000 slivers on Rath. These Metallic Slivers were used to spy on the sliver hive. He attempted to create artificial slivers, but these were a poor approximation of the real thing and had no innate abilities to share with the hive. Volrath is said to have genetically modified the slivers, but to what extent is also unknown. He then took a number of her brood away from her (and stuck them in the Furnace of Rath) so he could study them. A fellow shapeshifter and an obsessive zoologist, he was so fascinated by these mesomorphic, hive-minded creatures that he brought the Sliver Queen to Rath. Volrath visited an as-yet-unidentified plane and discovered slivers. Groups of unaugmented slivers are called "thrums." Slivers prefer warm regions, hanging from ceilings in groups that resemble large pinecones. What defines a Sliver's traits is unknown, but some believe that Rath's Slivers' attributes were controlled before birth by Volrath himself. Ī Sliver begins to show distinct physical attributes within a few days of its birth and reaches maturity within weeks, connecting to the hivemind and incorporating the characteristics of nearby Slivers. Variations on this appearance existed in accordance with the abilities each has to offer to the hive. The original Slivers were depicted with an armored vertebrate body, a long, bifurcated whip-like tail, one arm with a single talon for a hand, and a singular head with an armored crest. Early slivers share with all slivers in play, while later slivers only affect the player's own side of the board. Cards with the creature type Sliver have an ability or characteristic that they share with other slivers. ![]() ![]() Slivers are creatures that share a hive mind, which allows them to share their abilities with other nearby slivers.
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