Slivers by legoman27

Format: Commander

Commander: The First Sliver

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck is a five-color tribal aggro build commanded by The First Sliver, centered on overwhelming opponents through explosive cascade chains. By curving early ramp into a Turn 5 commander deployment, the deck transforms every subsequent Sliver cast into multiple free creatures pulled directly from the library. The 99 features a high density of Slivers that grant shared abilities, including haste via Blur Sliver and Firewake Sliver, double strike via Fury Sliver, and evasive trample or menace via Battering Sliver and Two-Headed Sliver. While the deck generates immense card and mana advantage through cascading swarms, its mana base relies heavily on basic lands and tapped multi-color lands, which constrains early tempo. Disruption relies primarily on permanent-clearing Slivers like Harmonic Sliver and Necrotic Sliver, backed by efficient sweepers and spot removal. The primary route to victory is critical-mass combat damage, eliminating the table over two turns once the cascade engine goes wide.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Battering Sliver
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blur Sliver
  • 1 Bonesplitter Sliver
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Cautery Sliver
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Darkheart Sliver
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Firewake Sliver
  • 1 Fleeting Distraction
  • 1 Fog
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Fury Sliver
  • 1 Gemhide Sliver
  • 1 Grand Coliseum
  • 1 Groundshaker Sliver
  • 1 Guardian Project
  • 1 Harmonic Sliver
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Homing Sliver
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Lancer Sliver
  • 1 Lymph Sliver
  • 1 Metallic Sliver
  • 1 Might Sliver
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Murder
  • 1 Mystic Monastery
  • 1 Necrotic Sliver
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Oscorp Industries
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Poultice Sliver
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Quick Sliver
  • 1 Quick Study
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Realmwalker
  • 1 Reflex Sliver
  • 1 Restart Sequence
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Sentinel Sliver
  • 1 Sidewinder Sliver
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Sinew Sliver
  • 1 Sliver Construct
  • 1 Sliversmith
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Species Specialist
  • 1 Spinneret Sliver
  • 1 Striking Sliver
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Temple of Abandon
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Temple of Triumph
  • 1 The Eternity Elevator
  • 1 The First Sliver
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Two-Headed Sliver
  • 1 Urban Retreat
  • 1 Valgavoth's Lair
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde
  • 1 Watcher Sliver
  • 1 Web of Life and Destiny
  • 1 Wild Growth