Beware the Hive - Sliver EDH

Commander / EDH Combo Goodstuff Sliver Toolbox

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Creature (37)

• 1x Biomancer's Familiar
• 1x Bonescythe Sliver
• 1x Cloudshredder Sliver
• 1x Constricting Sliver
• 1x Crypt Sliver
• 1x Crystalline Sliver
• 1x Diffusion Sliver
• 1x Dormant Sliver
• 1x Galerider Sliver
• 1x Gemhide Sliver
• 1x Harmonic Sliver
• 1x Hatchery Sliver
• 1x Heart Sliver
• 1x Hibernation Sliver
• 1x Horned Sliver
• 1x Lavabelly Sliver
• 1x Manaweft Sliver
• 1x Muscle Sliver
• 1x Necrotic Sliver
• 1x Predatory Sliver
• 1x Quick Sliver
• 1x Realmwalker
• 1x Root Sliver
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Shifting Sliver
• 1x Sinew Sliver
• 1x Sliver Hivelord
• 1x Sliver Legion
• 1x Sliver Queen
• 1x Spiteful Sliver
• 1x Synapse Sliver
• 1x Syphon Sliver
• 1x Taunting Sliver
• 1x Telekinetic Sliver
• 1x The First Sliver
• 1x Unsettled Mariner
• 1x Venom Sliver

Land (36)

• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Cascading Cataracts
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Forest
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 2x Island
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 2x Plains
• 1x Plateau
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Rejuvenating Springs
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Sliver Hive
• 1x Spectator Seating
• 1x Spire Garden
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Training Center
• 1x Unclaimed Territory
• 1x Undergrowth Stadium
• 1x Vault of Champions
• 1x Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

Instant (2)

• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Heroic Intervention

Commander (1)

Enchantment (12)

• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Cloud Cover
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Intruder Alarm
• 1x Mana Echoes
• 1x Mana Reflection
• 1x Quest for Renewal
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Rhythm of the Wild
• 1x Song of Creation
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Training Grounds

Artifact (6)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Herald's Horn
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x The Immortal Sun
• 1x Urza's Incubator

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Guided Passage
• 1x Patriarch's Bidding
• 1x Shard Convergence

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Teferi, Time Raveler

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Creature (18)

• 1x Adaptive Automaton
• 1x Amoeboid Changeling
• 1x Blur Sliver
• 1x Brood Sliver
• 1x Capricious Sliver
• 1x Dregscape Sliver
• 1x Essence Sliver
• 1x Firewake Sliver
• 1x Megantic Sliver
• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Might Sliver
• 1x Psionic Sliver
• 1x Pulmonic Sliver
• 1x Roaming Throne
• 1x Sedge Sliver
• 1x Sentinel Sliver
• 1x Sliver Gravemother
• 1x Striking Sliver

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Garruk, Caller of Beasts
• 1x Teferi, Time Raveler

Land (13)

• 1x Ancient Ziggurat
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Krosan Verge
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Sorcery (6)

• 1x All Suns' Dawn
• 1x Conflux
• 1x Distant Melody
• 1x Harsh Mercy
• 1x Kindred Dominance
• 1x Skyshroud Claim

Instant (9)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Kindred Summons
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Naya Charm
• 1x Negate
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Windgrace's Judgment

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip
• 1x Maelstrom Nexus
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Unnatural Selection
• 1x Wild Pair

Artifact (3)

• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Idol of Endurance
• 1x Paradox Engine

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This deck is the very definition of "Living the Dream". Toolbox commander, access to all 5 colors, explosive potential and synergy that is unmatched by any other creature type in magic.

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Combos

Most combos need a combination of:

1x Sliver Overlord

1x Manaweft Sliver / Gemhide Sliver / Cryptolith Rite

1x Heart Sliver / Cloudshredder Sliver / Rhythm of the Wild

1x Intruder Alarm / Seedborn Muse / Quest for Renewal / Mana Echoes / Urza's Incubator

• 2-3x Additional Slivers to go off/build up exponentially.

The rest of the deck is meant to accelerate to a critical mass before swinging in with a big enough board to kill all other players via combat damage, burn, or by taking all of their creatures.

The Priority of searching for slivers with Overlord typically goes in this order, depending on what is already in hand/on the battlefield:

1. Manaweft/Gemhide (Mana) and/or Heart/Cloudshredder (Haste)

2. Root (Uncounterability) and/or Crystalline/Diffusion/Hivelord(Protection)

3. Quick (Flash)

4. Whatever else will give the most bang for the buck given the above spread and whatever enabling piece from the non-sliver cards lets the deck explode. Typically it turns into playing and searching for slivers on my opponent's turns and it getting back to mine where I have an insurmountable advantage.

Current Considerations

Modern Horizons has introduced a number of potentially viable slivers to the hive. Which ones make the cut for a combo focused, toolbox of a deck is the question in need of answering.

The First Sliver will officially replace Maelstrom Nexus upon release, for the following reasons:

1. It's a tutorable source of Cascade that can help my slivers fall into more slivers or the combo pieces the deck needs to go off.

2. It's a strict upgrade versus Nexus, which was admittedly more of a pet card than anything, and an excuse to use the 5 color card.

3. The First Sliver exists as its equal in mana cost, benefits from the keywords of other slivers and the body, the tutorability from Overlord, and grants a Cascade for every sliver I play (which is most often more than 1 per turn) and isn't limited to the first spell of every turn.

Those 3 reasons amount to a slam dunk include, unquestionably powerful, and 100% necessary for the deck.

Lavabelly Sliver will replace Mirror Entity upon release, for the following reasons:

1. It's an even cmc swap.

2. Lavabelly offers combo potential with a Sliver Queen *oversized* line, and helps with incidental lifegain. Sliver decks are public enemy #1 the greater majority of the time because of how fast they can get going if uninterrupted. Padding my life total and slinging damage turns them into baby Lightning Helix's. (Bonus for having Essence Sliver and Syphon Sliver out at the same time, then I gain 3 life per sliver ETB instead.

3. Mirror Entity was primarily there as a means to try to overpump to swing lethal with my board and combat the -X/-X or mass burn tactics to get around Shroud/Indestructible. Problem is that it's a do nothing card without the mana to sink into it and I don't always have that. If I'm in a position to pump for a large enough number to matter, odds are I have other lines of play/could flood the board/tutor for the sliver I need in that moment with Overlord, etc. It's not a bad card by any means, but deckspace is tight and something has to give.

Cloudshredder Sliver is a super efficient way to get 2 relevant keywords, but the restrictive mana cost makes me question whether it's a better option when Blur Sliver is easier to cast. Between Heart Sliver, Blur Sliver and Rhythm of the Wild, I have enough sources for haste - 2 of which are tutorable with Overlord.

Unsettled Mariner is an interesting potential add. It's effectively a sidegrade to Diffusion Sliver; it trades 1 of the 2 mana tax to target my slivers to give the effect to me and the rest of my permanents. Not sure if this one will ultimately make the cut, as Cloud Cover serves a similar purpose and gets my permanents around targeted removal by bringing them to hand.

Spiteful Sliver is interesting in that it effectively makes each of my slivers into Spitemare, and for 3cmc no less. My concerns are that it's more of a stalemate card than it is a proactive one. This deck can swing for lethal, but it's main goal is to pull off the various combos as are listed in the Combo section. Spiteful Sliver can make it less worthwhile to swing at me with a board of creatures, or even to block as they'll get punished for it. A strong option for sure, but the cut for it is going to be difficult.

Date added	11 years
Last updated	1 week
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 54 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.09
Tokens	Copy Clone, Sliver 1/1 C
Folders	Commander/EDH [Evergreen], Slivers edh, Me Gusta, Commander