The First Sliver

Format: Commander

Commander: The First Sliver

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a five-color Sliver tribal deck helmed by The First Sliver, leveraging its cascade ability to chain cheap Slivers into progressively larger threats, overwhelming opponents with a critical mass of lords and utility Slivers. The primary win condition is combat damage: a swarm of evasive, buffed Slivers with keywords like double strike, flying, and trample, often powered by Sliver Legion or Banner of Kinship. A backup infinite-combo finish exists via Sliver Queen plus a mana-producing Sliver (Gemhide Sliver or Manaweft Sliver), generating infinite tokens that can be made hasty with Cloudshredder Sliver or lethal with Virulent Sliver. The commander's cascade provides explosive card flow, while Sliver Overlord tutors directly for any missing piece, ensuring the deck can rebuild and adapt.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Banner of Kinship
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Birnin Zana Plaza
  • 1 Bloodline Bidding
  • 1 Blossoming Sands
  • 1 Bonescythe Sliver
  • 1 Botanical Plaza
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Brood Sliver
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Chronicle of Victory
  • 1 Cleaving Sliver
  • 1 Cloudshredder Sliver
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Constricting Sliver
  • 1 Cosmic Cube
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cover of Darkness
  • 1 Crystalline Sliver
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Descendants' Path
  • 1 Diffusion Sliver
  • 1 Door of Destinies
  • 1 Essence Sliver
  • 1 First Sliver's Chosen
  • 1 Frontier Bivouac
  • 1 Galerider Sliver
  • 1 Gemhide Sliver
  • 1 Graypelt Refuge
  • 1 Harmonic Sliver
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hidden Hideout
  • 1 Homeward Path
  • 1 Homing Sliver
  • 1 Jetmir's Garden
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Lancer Sliver
  • 1 Lavabelly Sliver
  • 1 Manaweft Sliver
  • 1 Megantic Sliver
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Morophon, the Boundless
  • 1 Muscle Sliver
  • 1 Necrotic Sliver
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Plateau
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Predatory Sliver
  • 1 Pulmonic Sliver
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Renewed Solidarity
  • 1 Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Savannah
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Seaside Citadel
  • 1 Sentinel Sliver
  • 1 Shifting Sliver
  • 1 Sinew Sliver
  • 1 Sliver Hive
  • 1 Sliver Hivelord
  • 1 Sliver Legion
  • 1 Sliver Overlord
  • 1 Sliver Queen
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spara's Headquarters
  • 1 Synapse Sliver
  • 1 Syphon Sliver
  • 1 Taunting Sliver
  • 1 Tempered Sliver
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Temple of Malady
  • 1 Temple of Mystery
  • 1 Temple of Plenty
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 The First Sliver
  • 1 Thriving Bluff
  • 1 Thriving Grove
  • 1 Thriving Heath
  • 1 Thriving Isle
  • 1 Thriving Moor
  • 1 Thrumming Hivepool
  • 1 Timeless Lotus
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Venom Sliver
  • 1 Victual Sliver
  • 1 Virulent Sliver
  • 1 Ward Sliver