First Is The Best! (An EDH First Sliver Deck)

Commander / EDH Aggro Cascade Counters Hive Mind Sliver

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Creature (38)

• 1x Apex Devastator
• 1x Basal Sliver
• 1x Battering Sliver
• 1x Blur Sliver
• 1x Bonescythe Sliver
• 1x Cloudshredder Sliver
• 1x Constricting Sliver
• 1x Crypt Sliver
• 1x Crystalline Sliver
• 1x Diffusion Sliver
• 1x Dregscape Sliver
• 1x Fury Sliver
• 1x Galerider Sliver
• 1x Gemhide Sliver
• 1x Heart Sliver
• 1x Hibernation Sliver
• 1x Homing Sliver
• 1x Lavabelly Sliver
• 1x Manaweft Sliver
• 1x Megantic Sliver
• 1x Might Sliver
• 1x Muscle Sliver
• 1x Necrotic Sliver
• 1x Opaline Sliver
• 1x Predatory Sliver
• 1x Quick Sliver
• 1x Sedge Sliver
• 1x Sentinel Sliver
• 1x Shifting Sliver
• 1x Sinew Sliver
• 1x Sliver Hivelord
• 1x Sliver Legion
• 1x Spiteful Sliver
• 1x Two-Headed Sliver
• 1x Venom Sliver
• 1x Virulent Sliver
• 1x Ward Sliver
• 1x Winged Sliver

Land (35)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Barkchannel Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1x Brightclimb Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 2x Forest
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 1x Island
• 1x Jungle Shrine
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Mystic Monastery
• 1x Needleverge Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 1x Opulent Palace
• 1x Otawara, Soaring City
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 2x Plains
• 1x Riverglide Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1x Savage Lands
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Secluded Courtyard
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Commander (1)

Artifact (7)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Door of Destinies
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Vanquisher's Banner

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Cleansing Nova
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Distant Melody
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Profane Tutor

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Call to the Kindred
• 1x Garruk's Uprising
• 1x Reconnaissance Mission
• 1x Reflections of Littjara
• 1x Rhythm of the Wild

Instant (6)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Golgari Charm
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Return of the Wildspeaker
• 1x Wrap in Vigor

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Maybeboard

Creature (2)

• 1x Horned Sliver
• 1x Syphon Sliver

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Everything Comes to Dust
• 1x Inevitable Betrayal

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Do you want a fun deck that roles the dice on lady luck? Well, then this is for you! This budget Sliver deck focuses on the commander, First Sliver on abusing the cascade mechanic. It specializes in going wide, slapping many abilities onto all of your slivers, to make them scary threats.

This deck would be stronger in a mostly casual format, as it focuses on a fun way to play when the cascading is always random (most of the time). This deck does take advantage of the cascade by placing strong spells with CMC of 1 or 0, meaning when you play one of the many 2 CMC slivers in this deck (when the First Sliver is out) your library always goes to them for casting. In a more competitive setting, the deck utilizes several wincons, to move your board state from strong to overwhelming.

The deck is created to deal with the enemy of sliver decks, board wipes, with multiple regeneration cards and the First Sliver itself can resurrect your board state. As well, the deck contains acceptable amounts of ramp from default cards like Cultivate to special slivers such as Gemhide Sliver to make your slivers mana-dorks.

Overall, by focusing on a Sliver synergy, the deck allows any creature drawn to become an important piece, and I continually work to make sure that the slivers within the deck are the ones that can make a difference at any point in a game.

Comments, suggestions, criticisms, and ratings are all welcome!

This deck is inspired by and dedicated to my MTG buddy Ed.

UPCOMING EDITS:

Arcane Signet --> Pillar of Origins

Fellwar Stone --> Rampant Growth

Profane Tutor --> Shadow Sliver

Patriarch's Bidding --> Spinneret Sliver

Galerider Sliver --> Door to Nothingness

Sliver Legion --> Leeching Sliver

Blasphemous Act --> Blur Sliver

Also, land upgrades from the maybe board.

Top Ranked	Achieved #61 position overall 2 years ago Achieved #56 position in Commander / EDH 2 years ago Achieved #6 position in Commander / EDH Counters 2 years ago
Date added	3 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 29 - 0 Rares 36 - 0 Uncommons 24 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.34
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Copy Clone, Elephant 3/3 G
Folders	My Decks, Sliver decks, Decks I've built/proxyed, commander