Sliver Sliver by SailorSmithsonian

Format: Commander

Creator: SailorSmithsonian

Commander: The First Sliver

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This deck is a classic five-color Sliver tribal strategy commanded by The First Sliver. Its primary game plan revolves around accelerating into all five colors of mana, casting its commander, and leveraging the cascade mechanic to rapidly flood the board with synergistic Slivers. Each Sliver creature shares keywords and stat boosts with the entire hive, turning an expanding board into an overwhelming combat force. Key tribal anchors such as Cloudshredder Sliver, Bonescythe Sliver, and Sliver Legion grant haste, flying, double strike, and massive power scaling. To safeguard its army, the deck employs robust static protection through Crystalline Sliver and Sliver Hivelord, backed by free defensive spells like Deflecting Swat and Flawless Maneuver. A comprehensive interaction suite handles opposing threats across all card types, while graveyard recursion like Patriarch's Bidding ensures swift recovery from sweepers. The deck consistently closes games through high-velocity combat attacks once critical mass is established.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bonescythe Sliver
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Cascading Cataracts
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Cloudshredder Sliver
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crypt Sliver
  • 1 Crystalline Sliver
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Descendants' Path
  • 1 Diffusion Sliver
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Eladamri's Call
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 For the Ancestors
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Galerider Sliver
  • 1 Gemhide Sliver
  • 1 Harmonic Sliver
  • 1 Heart Sliver
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hibernation Sliver
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Kindred Summons
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Lavabelly Sliver
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Echoes
  • 1 Manaweft Sliver
  • 1 Morophon, the Boundless
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Necrotic Sliver
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Patriarch's Bidding
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Quick Sliver
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Root Sliver
  • 1 Sentinel Sliver
  • 1 Shifting Sliver
  • 1 Sliver Gravemother
  • 1 Sliver Hive
  • 1 Sliver Hivelord
  • 1 Sliver Legion
  • 1 Sliver Overlord
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spiteful Sliver
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Striking Sliver
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Synapse Sliver
  • 1 Syphon Sliver
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The First Sliver
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Thrumming Hivepool
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Vanquisher's Banner
  • 1 Venom Sliver
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills