Identity crisis by user3935160

Format: Commander

Commander: The First Sliver

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck is a 5-color Changeling tribal deck commanded by The First Sliver. Because every changeling possesses all creature types simultaneously, the deck exploits the most powerful cross-tribal lords across Magic's history, including Lord of the Unreal, Death Baron, Elvish Archdruid, Captivating Vampire, and Krenko, Mob Boss. The commander turns every subsequent changeling cast into a cascade trigger, rapidly multiplying board presence and card velocity. Once a critical mass of shapeshifters is deployed, global anthems such as Coat of Arms, Shared Animosity, Mirror Entity, and Overwhelming Stampede scale the team into lethal combat threats. The mana base uses green land-search spells and rainbow tribal lands to reliably produce all five colors. While vulnerable to heavy creature sweepers and lacking stack countermagic, the deck recovers quickly through redundant lords and relentless cascade card advantage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adaptive Automaton
  • 1 Amoeboid Changeling
  • 1 Ancient Ziggurat
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Avian Changeling
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bloodline Pretender
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Cairn Wanderer
  • 1 Captivating Vampire
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chameleon Colossus
  • 1 Changeling Berserker
  • 1 Changeling Hero
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Changeling Titan
  • 1 Coat of Arms
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concerted Effort
  • 1 Crib Swap
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Death Baron
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faeburrow Elder
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Fire-Belly Changeling
  • 1 Forbidden Orchard
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Galerider Sliver
  • 1 Graveshifter
  • 1 Guardian Project
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Irregular Cohort
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Kindred Summons
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Krenko, Mob Boss
  • 1 Lord of the Unreal
  • 1 Masked Vandal
  • 1 Maskwood Nexus
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Mirror Entity
  • 1 Mistwalker
  • 1 Moonglove Changeling
  • 1 Moritte of the Frost
  • 1 Mothdust Changeling
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Realmwalker
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Righteous Valkyrie
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Shared Animosity
  • 1 Skeletal Changeling
  • 1 Sliver Hive
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Taurean Mauler
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The First Sliver
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Universal Automaton
  • 1 Unsettled Mariner
  • 1 Valiant Changeling
  • 1 Vanquisher's Banner
  • 1 Webweaver Changeling
  • 1 Woodland Changeling