I guess this card has a few uses. But, honestly,
it's most likely going to be used because of
it's ability and not because it's a sliver. If
you are already using a heavy mill strategy, I
suppose this could be added in. The only
downside is that it's a pretty weak card in
every way. At least in limited you can mill out
an opponent if you have a few other slivers to
work with.
Alone, this Sliver is total underpants. But if
you get as many as three Slivers out, and they
don't need to tap for any other reason, than
this becomes the most efficient milling device
since Dampen Thought. The Dimir are back, and
they've infiltrated Dominaria. In limited, this
is of course useless unless you can get at least
seven or eight Slivers for your deck, but if
they start coming around as late as seventh or
eight pick, that's your cue that nobody is
trying to draft Slivers.
Constructed: 3
Casual: 2.5
Limited: 4
This is a
good card. It's cheap and it gives all of your
slivers an ability which is made better in
multiples. Any sliver deck that likes to sit
back and play defense will benefit from a
handfull of these things. With just a few
slivers out you can very quickly start tearing
the top of your opponent's deck up. If they
aren't getting shot with a Psionic Sliver at the
end of your turn, you may as well be decking
them in the meantime. Of course, if they're
playing reanimator or dredge you might want
think twice about this.
Has anyone ever seen the movie Groundhog Day? I
think it's about a guy who wakes up one morning
and reads a Card of the Day review about a
sliver. Then he gets caught in this loop where,
every day, he reads a Card of the Day review
about a sliver. But I kid. Screeching sliver is
casual-icious. This should fit right into that
Dimir deck that everyone has sitting,
half-built, in their closet. I'd leave it on the
bench in constructed, and in limited it's really
a 1/1 sliver for U.
Constructed - 1
Casual - 4
Limited - 3
Aethereal
Screeching
Sliver
A cheap 1-drop 1/1 that lets all your slivers
mill your opponent. This does win the
game...eventually. If you get out enough slivers
to make this effective, though, you probably are
already close to dealing 20, which is faster.
Therefore, I don't see this getting used much,
although it is cheap and fast.
In casual, milling is popular, and slivers are
popular. This guy combines two great tastes into
one.
In limited, I'd play it if I were running
slivers and had blue, but I wouldn't splash it.
If you get into a creature stalemate, you can
win by decking.
