Oh hey Jim...what be the haps?
Have you seen the new Slivers Mr. Brendan?
No I have not seen the new Slivers Jimmy.
Look! Here's one!
But you said you haven't seen any new Slivers...
That's because that's not a Sliver Jim.
But it says Creature - Sliver...
I can read Jimmy. Sit down Jimmy and have some peas and I will explain why that's not a Sliver.
But I don't want any peas...
SIT DOWN AND EAT YOUR DAMN PEAS JIMMY!
Yes sir...
Anyway let's go back in time to the wonderful time of Tempest and Stronghold. Slivers had just come out as a creature type and had a common and uncommon cycle in Tempest. They were pretty damn cool back in the day. In Stronghold we got the card Sliver Queen. Now Slivers work in a Hive Mind type deal. Slivers near each other give each other power. Awesome. The Sliver Queen was in control of the Hive Mind and all Slivers were like...Ms Queen you are a pretty cool gal.
So Slivers are controlled by the Sliver Queen?
Not exactly Jim. You see eventually the Slivers got all killed in a battle in Invasion block. So some geniuses thought that it would be a good idea to revive them from fossils they found. However, they didn't have knowledge of the queen. Without the Hive Mind the slivers went apeshit and took over the island where the experiments took place. Long story short, the Slivers heard a sound that was very much like the call of their Queen, went to mainland and exploded from the creation of Karona. The few that survived fused to form the Sliver Overlord which served as a makeshift queen.
Cool. What happened next?
Then Time Spiral block. Basically Slivers were one of the few races on Dominaria to flourish after Karona's destruction. They evolved and basically took over the plane in search of a new Queen. Anyway long story short again the Sliver's are slowly becoming self aware from a flavor text in Silver Legion.
So what's the big deal? It make sense flavorwise.
The big deal here is that this is a fairly large story plot that should not be in a coreset. We haven't seen Slivers in forever and to have the Slivers we know and love suddenly change from "all slivers" to "slivers you control" is a major deal.
But they want to make Lords only effect one player.
Yep you are absolutely right Jim and in most cases I agree with Wizards. But Slivers are the one exception to this rule. Slivers are always working together and lending each other strength through the Hive Mind even when they are pitted against each other. Future Sight even had creatures that still did this. Sliver Legion
still had this and we haven't even seen him since then and he is the one that hinted that slivers are evolving. To have all this suddenly change in a Core Set is a definite flavor disappointment. It just feels like Wizards changed the story behind Slivers to fit the mechanic changes that they want to make. If you look at the pure mechanics it makes perfect sense, but Slivers deserved a lot more.
At least they look cool...
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