<p>No, you cannot use the coloured mana from <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Sliver%20Hive">Sliver Hive</a> to cast <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Hive%20Stirrings">Hive Stirrings</a>.</p>
<p><a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Sliver%20hive">Sliver hive</a> says</p>
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<p>Add one mana of any color to your mana pool. Spend this mana only to cast a Sliver spell.</p>
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<p>But <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Hive%20Stirrings">Hive Stirrings</a> is not a Sliver spell, it is only a Sorcery. This means you cannot use the coloured mana from Sliver hive to pay for the spell.</p>
<p>You can use the mana from Sliver Hive to play Creature - Sliver spells, or to play tribal sliver spells. There aren't any tribal sliver spells I can see, but you could play a changeling one such as <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Wings%20of%20Velis%20Vel">Wings of Velis Vel</a>.</p>

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<p>I am playing a game and have no white mana to play <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Hive%20Stirrings">Hive Stirrings</a>, but I do have a <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Sliver%20Hive">Sliver Hive</a> under my control. Am I able to tap the Sliver Hive to play Hive Stirrings (assume I have enough mana to play Hive Stirrings)?</p>
<p>Would this work?</p>

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Can I tap Sliver Hive to pay for Hive Stirrings?
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# Can I tap Sliver Hive to pay for Hive Stirrings?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-10-11)

I am playing a game and have no white mana to play [Hive Stirrings](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Hive%20Stirrings), but I do have a [Sliver Hive](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Sliver%20Hive) under my control. Am I able to tap the Sliver Hive to play Hive Stirrings (assume I have enough mana to play Hive Stirrings)?

Would this work?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-10-11. Score: 6

No, you cannot use the coloured mana from [Sliver Hive](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Sliver%20Hive) to cast [Hive Stirrings](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Hive%20Stirrings).

[Sliver hive](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Sliver%20hive) says

> Add one mana of any color to your mana pool. Spend this mana only to cast a Sliver spell.

But [Hive Stirrings](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Hive%20Stirrings) is not a Sliver spell, it is only a Sorcery. This means you cannot use the coloured mana from Sliver hive to pay for the spell.

You can use the mana from Sliver Hive to play Creature - Sliver spells, or to play tribal sliver spells. There aren't any tribal sliver spells I can see, but you could play a changeling one such as [Wings of Velis Vel](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Wings%20of%20Velis%20Vel).


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