@ Andromeiylochk
Because it completely hoses any sliver deck you would play AGAINST. Use your brain next time.
Posted By:
Kryplixx
(4/18/2011 1:20:44 PM)
What a pathetic homage to Juzam Djinn.
As an old-school player I'm insulted by this sliver.
Posted By:
reapersaurus
(4/17/2011 7:23:01 PM)
@Andromeiylochk: yeah, you forgot the "silver hoser" part, that occasionally makes Plague Sliver quite desiderable. I like very much this guy, and I don't think that is "strictly better" or "strictly worse" than Juzám Djinn. I like them both!
I think that they should do a little more 5/5 for {2}{B}{B}, and 4/4 flying for {2}{U}{U}, with some drawback, as I think they are very iconic creature size for their color, at uncommon/rare range. In green there are already a lot of 4/4 for {2}{G}{G} with some huge benefit, and I perfectly agree with that! I dont' know which are the red and white 4CC iconic creature size yet...
However, this card is a solid 4/5 for me...
Posted By:
leomistico
(4/19/2011 12:53:18 AM)
@Test-Subject 217601: Shields of Velis Vel doesn't work. The earliest you can cast it is during the upkeep, by which time the beginning-of-upkeep abilities would already have triggered, and the now-Sliver creatures would not have had the ability early enough to damage their controller. Slap a Paradox Haze on your opponent, however...
Posted By:
tenkaze
(8/17/2011 4:35:44 PM)
I think it's fair to say that this is better than Juzam. Sure, you take more damage running two of them, but you also get the added benefit of absolutely destroying Sliver decks.
Having the option of running two Juzam Djinns without much risk < Running one Plague Sliver and decimating any Sliver deck you come across, plus getting any added benefits of your opponents Slivers, AND destorying Changelings.
Juzam is a fantastic card, but it doesn't exactly destroy any strategies.
Posted By:
AvatarofBro
(12/23/2011 8:18:18 PM)
This is actually awesome IN a sliver deck if you have a stuffy doll equipped with pariah's shield
Posted By:
Halo_Is_Overrated
(1/16/2012 8:56:47 AM)
Etregan: A clearer response: Yes these two work well together. They all put their abilities on the stack, one at a time, and each pops off teh stack, one at a time. You will take 1 damage, and then essence sliver's ability hits the stack, and you heal 1. Rinse, repeat....
As long as you enter you rupkeep with more than 1 life, you survive.
Now if you slivers all had lifelink, then it would be different, there would be no stack play involved, and you would actually take and heal damage at teh exact same time, as a result of the exact same trigger resolving.
Posted By:
Ashrubel
(3/14/2012 3:20:04 AM)
Opponent uses elf tribal deck. Drops hivestone. I play this. He flips me off.
Posted By:
atemu1234
(3/30/2012 9:41:28 AM)
This plus dormant sliver plus crystalline sliver = getting flipped off by my brother who got used to destroying anything I came up with using his sliver deck.
Posted By:
Gameguy602
(4/28/2012 10:45:39 PM)
@Ladon---
It does and doesn't work that way. Essence sliver's ruling states that the damage is dealt first, then the life gain. So if you are at one life and take one damage you will die. But If you are say, at 2 life and they have 3 slivers on the field, one being Plague, one being Essence, and just for argument sake one being muscle silver. You take one damage from Plague sliver's ability putting you at 1 life from your starting of 2, now essence slivers ability kicks in and you are now back at 2 life, then you take damage from essence sliver because of plague slivers ability dropping you again to 1 live, then back to 2 life because of essence slivers ability, then again for the might sliver. As long as you have 2 more life you wont die.
Posted By:
Sliverman13
(5/14/2012 6:19:35 PM)