Nethroi Slivers by Glorbin

Format: Commander

Commander: Nethroi, Apex of Death

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck combines traditional Abzan Sliver tribal aggression with a powerful mass-reanimation engine in the command zone. Early turns focus on establishing mana-producing Slivers such as Gemhide Sliver and Manaweft Sliver, followed by deploying keyword-granting lords like Bonescythe Sliver, Reflex Sliver, and Megantic Sliver. The deck leverages Nethroi, Apex of Death's mutate ability to circumvent the traditional weakness of creature swarms: because almost all Slivers have 1 to 3 base power, a single mutate trigger can reanimate 5 to 7 Slivers simultaneously. Utility pieces like Harmonic Sliver and Constricting Sliver turn each reanimated or cast Sliver into targeted removal, dismantling opposing artifacts, enchantments, and key creatures. When combined with double strike and poison counters from Virulent Sliver, the hive rapidly closes games through combat on Turn 6 to 7 while maintaining strong recovery options against sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Banner of Kinship
  • 1 Basal Sliver
  • 1 Bilbo's Gambit
  • 1 Bonescythe Sliver
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Brood Sliver
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Chronicle of Victory
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Constricting Sliver
  • 1 Crypt Sliver
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Cut a Deal
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Essence Sliver
  • 1 Etchings of the Chosen
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Firdoch Core
  • 1 For the Ancestors
  • 6 Forest
  • 1 Frenzy Sliver
  • 1 Fungus Sliver
  • 1 Gemhide Sliver
  • 1 Groundshaker Sliver
  • 1 Harmonic Sliver
  • 1 Hatchery Sliver
  • 1 Indatha Triome
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Lancer Sliver
  • 1 Leeching Sliver
  • 1 Lymph Sliver
  • 1 Mana Reflection
  • 1 Manaweft Sliver
  • 1 Megantic Sliver
  • 1 Might Sliver
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 1 Muscle Sliver
  • 1 Nethroi, Apex of Death
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Praetor's Counsel
  • 1 Predatory Sliver
  • 1 Primal Surge
  • 1 Profane Tutor
  • 1 Pulmonic Sliver
  • 1 Quick Sliver
  • 1 Reflex Sliver
  • 1 Regal Sliver
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Return to the Light Realms
  • 1 Rites of Flourishing
  • 1 Root Sliver
  • 1 Sandsteppe Citadel
  • 1 Sentinel Sliver
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sidewinder Sliver
  • 1 Sinew Sliver
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spinneret Sliver
  • 1 Spitting Sliver
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Syphon Sliver
  • 1 Talon Sliver
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thrumming Hivepool
  • 1 Toxin Sliver
  • 1 Turbulent Fen
  • 1 Turbulent Moor
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Vanquisher's Banner
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Venom Sliver
  • 1 Virulent Sliver
  • 1 Ward Sliver
  • 1 Wild Pair
  • 1 Winding Way
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery