The Hive by Lexidan

Format: Commander

Commander: The First Sliver

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

The deck is a five-color Sliver aggro/value build centered on The First Sliver's cascade. The primary plan is to resolve The First Sliver by turn five, then use every Sliver spell to trigger cascade, chaining cheap lords and utility Slivers into a wide board. Shared Animosity, Sliver Legion, Coat of Arms, and anthems like Muscle, Sinew, and Might Sliver turn that board into a lethal attack, with Triumph of the Hordes as an alternate poison finish. Sliver Overlord acts as a hidden commander, tutoring the best Sliver for the situation. Secondary paths include Morophon and Fist of Suns/Leyline of Mutation to cast multiple Slivers cheaply, plus Eerie Ultimatum to rebuild after a wipe.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Amoeboid Changeling
  • 1 Arcane Adaptation
  • 1 Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway
  • 1 Belligerent Sliver
  • 1 Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway
  • 1 Blur Sliver
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bonescythe Sliver
  • 1 Bonesplitter Sliver
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Branchloft Pathway // Boulderloft Pathway
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Brood Sliver
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Cleaving Sliver
  • 1 Cloudshredder Sliver
  • 1 Coat of Arms
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Constricting Sliver
  • 1 Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway
  • 1 Crypt Sliver
  • 1 Crystalline Sliver
  • 1 Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway
  • 1 Darkheart Sliver
  • 1 Door of Destinies
  • 1 Eerie Ultimatum
  • 1 Essence Sliver
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Fist of Suns
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Galerider Sliver
  • 1 Gemhide Sliver
  • 1 Harmonic Sliver
  • 1 Haunting Voyage
  • 1 Heart Sliver
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 1 Hivestone
  • 1 Horned Sliver
  • 1 Indatha Triome
  • 1 Iroas, God of Victory
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Jetmir's Garden
  • 1 Ketria Triome
  • 1 Leyline of Mutation
  • 1 Manaweft Sliver
  • 1 Maskwood Nexus
  • 1 Megantic Sliver
  • 1 Might Sliver
  • 1 Morophon, the Boundless
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Muscle Sliver
  • 1 Myojin of Blooming Dawn
  • 1 Needleverge Pathway // Pillarverge Pathway
  • 1 Noxious Assault
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Predatory Sliver
  • 1 Quick Sliver
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Raugrin Triome
  • 1 Realmwalker
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway
  • 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
  • 1 Savai Triome
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Sentinel Sliver
  • 1 Shared Animosity
  • 1 Shifting Sliver
  • 1 Sinew Sliver
  • 1 Sliver Hivelord
  • 1 Sliver Legion
  • 1 Sliver Overlord
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spara's Headquarters
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Spiteful Sliver
  • 1 Striking Sliver
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Syphon Sliver
  • 1 Telekinetic Sliver
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 The First Sliver
  • 1 The World Tree
  • 1 Thorncaster Sliver
  • 1 Thrumming Hivepool
  • 1 Toxin Sliver
  • 1 Triumph of the Hordes
  • 1 Two-Headed Sliver
  • 1 Uncharted Haven
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Unnatural Selection
  • 1 Vanquisher's Banner
  • 1 Venom Sliver
  • 1 Virulent Sliver
  • 1 Winged Sliver
  • 1 Xander's Lounge
  • 1 Zagoth Triome
  • 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground