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Virulent Sliver

Card Name

Virulent Sliver

Mana Cost

Type

Creature – Sliver

Rarity

Common

rules Text

All Sliver creatures have poisonous 1. (Whenever a Sliver deals combat damage to a player, that player gets a poison counter. A player with ten or more poison counters loses the game.)

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pauper, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Historic, Pioneer, Standard

Rulings

(7/1/2013)
If the creature type of a Sliver changes so it's no longer a Sliver, it will no longer be affected by its own ability. Its ability will continue to affect other Sliver creatures.
(3/19/2021)
Poisonous 1 causes the player to get just one poison counter when a Sliver deals combat damage to them, no matter how much damage that Sliver dealt.
(3/19/2021)
A player with ten or more poison counters loses the game as a state-based action, even if no permanents with poisonous are on the battlefield.
(3/19/2021)
If a creature has multiple instances of poisonous, each triggers separately.