Magic Is Bringing Back Its Most Controversial Creature Type

Published Nov 14, 2026, 1:03 PM EST Tomas Franzese is the Weekend News Editor at Polygon, following and reporting on the latest goings-on in the gaming and entertainment spaces. During the week, you can find him working on Remastered, his newsletter about video game history and retro gaming, or contributing to GameSpot and other publications. Previously, Tomas was the Gaming Segment Lead at XDA and a Staff Writer at Digital Trends. Magic: The Gathering's Aaron Forsythe tells Polygon he knows when more Sliver cards will come to the game Image: Wizards of the Coast/Svetlin Velinov Sign in to your Polygon.com account Whether you love or hate Sliver decks in Magic: The Gathering, you should prepare for more Sliver cards to make their way to the game soon. Vice President of Design Aaron Forsythe revealed as much during an in-person interview with Polygon at MagicCon: Atlanta 2026. More Sliver cards are coming to Magic: The Gathering During an interview at MagicCon, Polygon mentioned how a couple of Sliver-related cards that were part of Edge of Eternities, and asked if the Magic: The Gathering team is thinking about bringing the cards back in a big way or if they are too broken to actively support. In response, Forsythe confirmed that "we know when they’re coming back," although he wouldn't share a specific timeline for their return. "They will be back," Forsythe elaborated. "We know when they're coming back, and I'm not going to tell you. But we know people love them. They are hard to develop. They are hard to make work unlimited, but we have a plan." Slivers have a long history in Magic: The Gathering as one of the most fun yet controversial creature types that a player can use in their decks. Sliver cards actively boost or benefit from other Sliver cards, enabling decks that can quickly scale up in power in a way that's tough to counter or beat. As Forsythe mentions, that makes them particularly tough to develop, since they can be very overpowered. That is likely why we haven't seen as many Sliver cards in recent years. Wizards of the Coast now seems up to the challenge of bringing Sliver cards back in a big way, though, and it'll be fascinating to see what form the comeback that Forsythe teased takes. While we have no idea when more Sliver cards will come to Magic: The Gathering, Wizards of the Coast did debut the Nauctis: The Sunken Realm set of cards at MagicCon: Atlanta 2026. That set will be released on Feb. 5, 2027, and will introduce a whole new oceanic realm to the game's multiverse. Additional reporting by Corey Plante and Jake Kleinman