Standard Sliver (Standard MTG Deck)

Standard Sliver

Standard Affinity Aggro Five Color RGWU Sliver

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Creature (25)

Land (26)

Instant (6)

Sorcery (3)

3x Hive Stirrings

Sideboard

Creature (2)

2x Syphon Sliver

Planeswalker (2)

Enchantment (2)

2x Crackling Perimeter

Instant (7)

Sorcery (2)

2x Diabolic Tutor

Maybeboard

Creature (9)

Land (14)

A Sliver Deck mainly of M14 cards - intended to see how far I could get in the August 2013 MTG Game Day. Since then, its been revised a couple of times with shock lands and spell composition to this listing.

I'd like to see how to make the M15 Slivers fit into this deck, which will be another update

The intent of this deck is to get on the offensive quickly and overwhelm the opponent with Slivers. Since the deck utilises dual lands to improve access to different coloured mana, it caters for an alternate win condition using Maze's End.

All Mainboard creatures are Slivers. The core of the rank and file are Predatory and Sentinel Slivers; Striking & Galerider Slivers are there to get either Flying or First Strike early; Blur and Manaweft Slivers to come in turn 2-4 to give handy side effects.

Mid game, primarily looking to get Bonescythe Sliver and/or Thorncaster Slivers for additional damage.

The finisher is Megantic Sliver, with a Groundshaker Sliver as a bonus.

Given the focus on creatures, the Spells department is a bit light on and focused on early/mid game removal. Syncopate is fairly handy. There's a few low end red burn spells, with Fog as an alternative to get out of a tight spot.

The sideboard offers a few tweaks, such as a couple each of Sundering Growth and Plummet to remove annoying enchantments/artifacts and large flyers respectively. Syncopate, to nullify R and B/R decks turn 2 Burning-Tree Emissary, a couple of Tutors, a planeswalker to get at more creature cards or selectively target an opponent creature. Crackling Perimeter was added to offer extra damage from Gates and could add a possible third win condition option. Syphon Slivers are included in case lifelink is needed from having to take early damage from Shock Lands.

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Standard Sliver v1.3 — Aug. 19, 2013

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Game Day Outcomes: Tempo, Shock Lands, Shock and Syncopation!

So, I took my deck for a spin in the M14 Game Day to see how it would go. Overall, it went OK, won two matches, lost two matches and finished 9th, only missing a top-8 by a game!

As far as the deck composition, this is what I learnt:

Creature distribution is pretty much right
Lack of Shock Lands really hurt, costing at least one or two tempos, especially against the B/R and R Aggro decks I faced
Really needed to run 4x Shock to ensure I had some early game removal
Needed something to shut down B/R and R decks turn 2 set play: Burning-Tree Emissary into Lightning Mauler - Syncopate would work just nicely if I went first, but Shock helps a bit. Fog can be useful if not enough creatures are out
With the above in mind, I've rejigged the Instants and sideboard, plus acquiring and adding 6 Shock Lands. There may be a need to put the 2x Syphon Sliver in the Mainboard to balance out the life loss if one has to play a few shock lands early
Match Results:
Match 1: WIN vs Boros W/R Aggro Deck
Played a youngster who, like me, had no Shock Lands, but a nicely turned out deck.
Game 1: He got a perfect opening draw, whilst I pulled 2 lands and didn't get any more for a few turns. He Pillar of Flameed my first creature and made me chump block, then completely overran me by turn 5.
Games 2 & 3: I got better opening draws and was poleaxing his line by turn 3/4 when Bonescythe Sliver appeared, then finishing the games with Megantic Sliver and/or Thorncaster Sliver on the board, swinging for 16-20 damage per combat round!
Match 2: LOSS vs Rakdos B/R Aggro Deck.
This guy would mulligan 2-3 times until he had: Rakdos Cackler, Burning-Tree Emissary and Lightning Mauler, so it can be assumed that this is the bulk of his creatures.
Game 1: He goes first. This was the set-play for the first two turns: Turn1: Rakdos Cackler. Turn 2: Burning-Tree Emissary followed by Lightning Mauler, attack with all. Of course, I drew no Shock. Got Manaweft Sliver out Turn 2, then Predatory Sliver Turn 3. Had Bonescythe Sliver and Sentinel Sliver ready to play, but drew no White lands till Turn 5. He did me in Turn 5. Had I survived to Turn 6, I would have Bonescythe Sliver and Sentinel Sliver out to stabilise the line and a Megantic Sliver to go out Turn 7, which would have nailed him. I showed him my hand after the game and he winced - he knew he was in trouble had a White land showed up earlier
Game 2: Much like Game 1, except I didn't draw a Green land until Turn 5, so couldn't play either the Manaweft Sliver and Predatory Sliver I had until Turn 6. I did get a Shock which got rid of Lightning Mauler and this helped, and I did have Bonescythe Sliver out Turn 4. Went swinging with the Bonescythe Turn 5, but probably ought to have sat back - I might have won this game in the end. However: (a) I didn't know if he was sitting on removal spells (b) I didn't know if he had a big creature to come out (c) Given (a) and (b), I wasn't going to lose the match without doing some damage to him!
Match 3: LOSS vs R Aggro Deck
This guy was a mate of the previous opponent and was running a very similar deck. He went the same set play Turns 1 and 2 with Rakdos Cackler followed by Turn 2: Burning-Tree Emissary and Lightning Mauler
This match played out similarly to the previous match, with the exception that I drew Shock in the opening hands and was able to remove either Lightning Mauler or Stromkirk Noble. That said, losing tempos due to using Gates, meant I was always chasing the game and couldn't get enough guys on the field, then came a spell or enchantment that gave his guys Trample! - Another case for Syncopate :-o
Match 4: WIN vs G/U Simic Control Deck
Another youngster with a nicely turned out deck. His creatures were mainly a defensive line, with lots of protection from Flyers, so of course I drew Galerider Sliver in the opening hand of my two games!! His key creature was Silklash Spider
Game 1: Straight forward win for the Slivers, good draw, Striking Sliver, Manaweft Sliver, 2x Predatory Sliver, Bonescythe Sliver. All over Turn 5
Game 2: Copped a Flooding enchantment on one of my key lands early, which slowed me down (would have to ditch 3 library cards if I tapped it). He got a Deadly Recluse, another blocker with toughness 4 or 5. By then, I had a Thorncaster Sliver, Galerider Sliver, four others on the board. I cleared his defensive line on Turn 6, with the Thorncaster ability. On his turn 6 put out the Silklash Spider. My Turn 7 I put out a second Thorncaster Sliver and hit him with everything I had - Game over

Standard Sliver v1.2 — Aug. 8, 2013

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Standard Sliver v1.1 — Aug. 6, 2013

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Standard Sliver v1.01 — Aug. 3, 2013

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Date added	11 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 2 Mythic Rares 16 - 0 Rares 4 - 4 Uncommons 30 - 9 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.65
Tokens	Emblem Domri Rade, Emblem Garruk, Caller of Beasts, Sliver 1/1 C
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