Each Time Spiral card was an homage to at least one previously printed card.
Specifically, each Sliver in Time Spiral and Planar Chaos derive their ability and mana cost from a previously printed card.
This Sliver is referencing Fungusaur.
Posted By:
Missile_Penguin
(12/2/2012 1:17:50 AM)
I like how its creature type is also fungus. Put in a sporesower thallid and a sporoloth ancient deck and it will start making saprolings :D
Posted By:
Tommy9898
(6/21/2011 12:04:47 AM)
Pestilence or Pyrohemia I guess.
Posted By:
Kryptnyt
(1/26/2010 7:42:54 PM)
This sliver is a throwback to the Fungusaur, but better due to sliver sharing. throw in a couple muscle slivers, Acidic Slivers, and a Sliver Queen and they get HUGE.
Posted By:
RKay
(7/22/2009 4:03:33 AM)
Awesome with Pyrohemia in draft. P:
Posted By:
Designer_Genes
(12/30/2009 6:12:11 AM)
good if you have plated or watcher and quilled or psionic. slivers are fragile so if they can get the bonus it is beneficial.
Posted By:
Firesteel7
(10/26/2009 7:21:17 PM)
+1/+1 counter fun for Slivers. How about playing Steady Progress on a bunch of Fungus Slivers?
Posted By:
keeds4
(12/13/2010 10:14:51 AM)
good with quilled or psionic
Posted By:
sliverlord5000
(9/19/2009 2:22:53 PM)
I have one of these in my EDH Sliver Overlord deck. My experience is that it is only a useful card in a long, drawn-out game. As has been mentioned in previous comments, most slivers are little dudes to start with, so they tend to go *pop* when they get hit by anything until you have a bunch of other slivers buffing them, in which case they are already buffed and don't exactly need the extra counters if you're doing it right.
That said, if your sliver army is already big enough that they can take a hit, one of these will make your opponent think twice about throwing attackers your way under penalty of growing your slivers, and gives you an advantage if you attack and they choose to block. Take damage, or grow my dudes ... fun times with decision-making.
Posted By:
Cactmoore
(11/15/2011 3:04:49 PM)
One of the bad slivers. 2/2 for 4 blows, and most slivers are rather small, so they die at once when they are dealt damage. And in case you got a bunch of large slivers, you won anyway, so giving them +1/+1 counters every now and then is totally useless.
Posted By:
majinara
(2/5/2009 11:23:21 AM)