(If you're not interested in this story thing I wrote for whatever reason, there's actual deck info below it.)
Slivers are incredible beasts. Many species across the planes possess a singularity of thought or consciousness, something commonly called a hive mind, and this race is no different in that regard, but slivers are the only creatures I've encountered that share a singularity of essence. They transmit their physical and magical abilities between one another like mana flowing through the earth. It's an incredible display of symbiosis and sythesis, the collective strength of the hive embodied in each and every one of them.
I see potential beyond potential in them.
Their greatest weakness in battle is that every time one is slain, the other members of its battle pack suffer the loss of whatever advantage the dead sliver provided. If, however, a planeswalker skilled in healing, defensive and summoning magic were to take a hive of slivers for their familiars, the combination would be...effective. Which is to say, devestating.
I believe I can bring them to heed my words. Domination by force isn't the answer. The solution instead lies, I believe, in the manaweft slivers. These hive members, and those sharing their ability, can literally weft mana, that is, weave it into forms useful to the hive's magic. While they do so, they bond themselves to the location they draw the mana from. If I can bond with that same place, I can imprint my magic on the mana they draw up. If this is done long enough, they should become so marked by my power that instructions from me will be treated as instructions from the collective. If this proves true, I'll gain an army that never tires, complains, disagrees, deserts or revolts, never needs to recruit, and doesn't ask to be paid. They're omnivorous, with emphasis on omni, so feeding them won't be a problem, and they reproduce constantly.
No army of sapients, beasts, undead or constructs could possibly be more desirable than the slivers.
If I succeed in becoming their monarch, I'll need to perform a test of their combat efficacy. There's a certain anemomancer on my home plane who's bastion would benefit greatly from a visit by a few battle packs of slivers. Besides, I'd always meant to have...words...with him about what he very nearly did to my family, my closest childhood friend...and what he succeeded in doing to everyone else I knew, and my city.
Yes, I definitely need to have words with him...
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So, this is a pseudo-standard sliver deck meant to be played casually against actual standard-legal decks. It's basically just me pretending they reprinted the M14 slivers. Why, yes, I am upset that they didn't. They finally print cards that are a huge boost to the viability of M14 sliver decks, and they're only together for two months? Are you friggin' kidding?
All feedback is appreciated. Just keep in mind this is meant to be played against standard decks, not other casual decks, and I won't use any non-standard cards besides M14 slivers and
Hive Stirrings
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