The Hive Mind Project

Commander / EDH Aggro Combo Haste Primer Sliver Tokens Value Engine

Azielle

Land - Fetch (10)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Advantage I (5)

• 1x Descendants' Path
• 1x Realmwalker
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sylvan Library

Land - Basic (15)

• 3x Forest
• 3x Island
• 3x Mountain
• 3x Plains
• 3x Swamp

Legion II (5)

• 1x Diffusion Sliver
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Sliver Overlord
• 1x Sliver Queen *oversized*
• 1x Unearth

Resource II (5)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Echoes
• 1x Sol Ring

Response III (5)

• 1x Berserk
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Harmonic Sliver
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Necrotic Sliver

Land - Shock (10)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Watery Grave

Advantage II (5)

• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Hollowhead Sliver
• 1x Homing Sliver
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain

Land - Multi (5)

• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Reflecting Pool

Legion III (5)

• 1x Clot Sliver
• 1x Crypt Sliver
• 1x Crystalline Sliver
• 1x Heart Sliver
• 1x Hibernation Sliver

Response I (5)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Swan Song

Command Sphere (4)

• 1x Gemhide Sliver
• 1x Manaweft Sliver
• 1x Morophon, the Boundless
• 1x Sliver Hivelord

Commander (1)

Advantage III (5)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Legion I (5)

• 1x Basal Sliver
• 1x Cloudshredder Sliver
• 1x Dregscape Sliver
• 1x Lavabelly Sliver
• 1x Spiteful Sliver

Resource I (5)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Mox Amber
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Three Visits

Response II (5)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

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Where did we begin?

I had a gem mint Sliver Queen sitting in a wooden box. It was a very pretty wooden box. Even so, I figured it would look better in the Command Zone. I used to run a casual Sliver deck back in the day so I had a bit of a clue about lines and choices, but I welcomed suggestions and feedback.

I'd be a horrible inviter of ideas if I didn't take a moment here to point out that I'm about twenty paces beyond OCD when it comes to EDH. Suggestions have all been loved equally, but my broken mind is only able to assimilate those which fit my math and patterns ;)

I'm aiming for a fun agro type of list but one that can close out a game quick if need be, you know ... a Sliver deck! The other five-colour lords are sleeved up and in the 99 so I can swap them into the command zone for a change of pace.

Where are we now?

Speaking of lord swapping, the deck is built to swarm and combo off with The First Sliver , Sliver Queen or Sliver Overlord at the helm, so it runs all three main deck, and will generally run one of these as commander. The deck plays out spin-the-wheel-value-engine with The First Sliver in the Zone, skews a little more combo with Sliver Queen at the helm, and Sliver Overlord adds a toolbox feel with its tutor ability.

Morophon, the Boundless and Mana Echoes , for example, work great alone and better in tandem to combo off with any of the aforementioned Commanders, but they're just a little stronger with the Queen, and more consistent with the Overlord. Any additions made would have to work with multiple Commanders' functionality and playstyles in mind.

I'll likely only dig for a combo when I need to close out quick; most of the time I'll just be dropping slivers and turning them sideways or impacting the board with their combined abilities. As such, The First Sliver is my current go to, though I'll swap around when presented with higher-powered pods.

So I have the Plan A+B type stuff down, cause Slivers aren't exactly rocket science. I'd like to continue add spice to this deck so her majesty doesn't end up back in the pretty wooden box. That's where you guys come in ...

Where do we go?

How do you make a Sliver deck better? By combining the abilities of all the Slivers, of course!

If I want to build Sliver-y-est Sliver deck of all time, I need to draw on the strengths of the community and use the hive mind to evolve the hive.

I've enjoyed my interactions with this community, and now I want a little piece of all of you in this deck. Let me know all the great little Sliver synergies that I've missed.

I'll continue fleshing out this description into a proper primer as the list evolves. I'll craft up some even craftier words than the words already crafted here and make it all entertaining and informative and whatnot. That's pretty damned crafty; I took almost thirty four minutes crafting this part, and I've spent at least seventeen more editing it. Thanks in advance, dear community, for helping with anything that will help make this deck a good time.

Thanks, as always, for your interaction and support on my other deck primers. If it please you, a taste of my completed writing so that you have something to chew on while I cook up something tasty for the hive:

• No More Room in Hell
• Alive Beneath Cherry Blossoms

Materiam Superabat Opus

Beyond balancing and tuning stats to produce numerically delicious graphs (20 x <= 1 CMC, 20 x 2 CMC, 20 x >=3 CMC) I have my decks built into functionally and aesthetically balanced five card blocks, such that each block forms multiple mirrored patterns, while adhering to strict functionality and thematic principles within both its mirrored grouping, and the deck as a whole.

It's difficult to describe accurately, or display using this site's interface, but each deck is a functional piece of art, as beautiful to behold as it is true to purpose.

Though I own my decks in paper, I rarely if ever actually play in group. I simply like the challenge of theory-crafting something perfect, numerically, functionally, and aesthetically.

I hope that my OCD outlet provides your playgroup some entertainment.

For you, and forever,

j.

Top Ranked	Achieved #2 position overall 3 years ago
Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 0 Mythic Rares 40 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.28
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Sliver 1/1 C
Folders	Unconscionable EDH Primers, Primer In Progress, Commander, ghhgygggujgyhjgyhjyu, Decks, X - EDH Inspitation - SLIVERS, References