Slivers by kevinprox

Format: Commander

Commander: The First Sliver

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 50

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity 5-color tribal aggro deck commanded by The First Sliver. The strategy focuses on accelerating through early mana dorks, mana Slivers, and pristine land fixing to cast The First Sliver ahead of curve on Turn 4. Upon cast, the commander's cascade ability—and the cascade it grants to every subsequent Sliver spell—creates explosive chain reactions that flood the battlefield with synergistic creatures. The hive quickly acquires haste, flying, unblockability, double strike, and massive stat boosts via lords like Sliver Legion, Cloudshredder Sliver, and Bonescythe Sliver. Protective pieces like Crystalline Sliver and Sliver Hivelord safeguard the board against targeted removal and destruction sweepers. While lacking stack-based countermagic or infinite combos, the deck overwhelms the table through relentless board development, explosive card advantage, and decisive multi-player combat damage by Turn 5.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Ziggurat
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Bonescythe Sliver
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Cloudshredder Sliver
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Constricting Sliver
  • 1 Copperline Gorge
  • 1 Crypt Sliver
  • 1 Cryptolith Rite
  • 1 Crystalline Sliver
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Descendants' Path
  • 1 Diffusion Sliver
  • 1 Eladamri's Call
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Essence Sliver
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Galerider Sliver
  • 1 Gemhide Sliver
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Harmonic Sliver
  • 1 Hatchery Sliver
  • 1 Heart Sliver
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Homing Sliver
  • 1 Horned Sliver
  • 1 Hunter Sliver
  • 1 Inspiring Vantage
  • 1 Lavabelly Sliver
  • 1 Leeching Sliver
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Manaweft Sliver
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Muscle Sliver
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Necrotic Sliver
  • 1 Opaline Sliver
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Predatory Sliver
  • 1 Pyre of Heroes
  • 1 Quick Sliver
  • 1 Razorverge Thicket
  • 1 Realmwalker
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Sentinel Sliver
  • 1 Shifting Sliver
  • 1 Sinew Sliver
  • 1 Sliver Gravemother
  • 1 Sliver Hive
  • 1 Sliver Hivelord
  • 1 Sliver Legion
  • 1 Sliver Overlord
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Spiteful Sliver
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Striking Sliver
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Synapse Sliver
  • 1 Syphon Sliver
  • 1 Talon Sliver
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The First Sliver
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Two-Headed Sliver
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Venom Sliver
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Winged Sliver
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Worldly Tutor