<p>The current text of a card (called Oracle text) is always available in <a href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/" rel="noreferrer">Gatherer</a>. <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bCrystalline%20Sliver%5d">Crystalline Sliver</a> now reads:</p>

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  <p>All Slivers have shroud. <em>(They can't be the targets of spells or abilities.)</em></p>
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<p>Note that Wizards very strongly favors updating cards in ways that <em>don't</em> affect the way they work, but simply make them clearer and use more up-to-date terminology or phrasing (called non-functional errata). That's the case here: they just replaced the fully spelled-out ability with the keyword that means the same thing.</p>

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2018-02-11T09:49:59.193Z
And in case the confusion here stems from Wizards previously changing cards specifically tied to the Hexproof ability (such as [Vines of Vastwood](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=397747)) - even those cards have been changed back to their original meaning, not altering the way they work, as this answer suggests.
TheThirdMan
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Cascabel
<p>Has the text of <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bCrystalline%20Sliver%5d">Crystalline Sliver</a> been modified to have hexproof, or does it have shroud?  The reason I ask is the <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bCrypt%20Sliver%5d">Crypt Sliver</a> has </p>

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  <p>Tap: Regenerate target sliver </p>
</blockquote>

<p>which the Crystalline would make unusable with its old wording. </p>

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Does Crystalline Sliver currently have hexproof or shroud?
Bill
# Does Crystalline Sliver currently have hexproof or shroud?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-02-10)

Has the text of [Crystalline Sliver](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bCrystalline%20Sliver%5d) been modified to have hexproof, or does it have shroud? The reason I ask is the [Crypt Sliver](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bCrypt%20Sliver%5d) has

> Tap: Regenerate target sliver

which the Crystalline would make unusable with its old wording.

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-02-10. Score: 8

The current text of a card (called Oracle text) is always available in [Gatherer](http://gatherer.wizards.com/). [Crystalline Sliver](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bCrystalline%20Sliver%5d) now reads:

> All Slivers have shroud. *(They can't be the targets of spells or abilities.)*

Note that Wizards very strongly favors updating cards in ways that *don't* affect the way they work, but simply make them clearer and use more up-to-date terminology or phrasing (called non-functional errata). That's the case here: they just replaced the fully spelled-out ability with the keyword that means the same thing.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: And in case the confusion here stems from Wizards previously changing cards specifically tied to the Hexproof ability (such as [Vines of Vastwood](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=397747)) - even those cards have been changed back to their original meaning, not altering the way they work, as this answer suggests.  

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