Clean Up 1: 2014-01-03

Cool brew, definitely a unique take on Slivers. I've always thought that you do need significant card advantage in a Sliver deck, and since your creature count isn't high enough to support Garruk, Caller of Beasts , you should probably add more Sphinx or Jace, Architect of Thought . Having more card advantage could help you avoid topdeck wars against decks with lots of removal, like the one you experienced against Dimir.

Also, you might consider replacing some of the hard counters and/or Gods Willing with Simic Charm since it can hit stuff on the board (which is nice since you'll be playing Slivers early on) while also being a cheap "counterspell" for your opponent's kill spells.

Finally, I kind of like the Megantic Sliver idea as well. Aetherling is a tough cut but I'd be tempted to do 1 and 1 main since Megantic will actually be better in many matchups where Supreme Verdict isn't a factor, but Aetherling is the obvious tool of choice against control.

Thanks for sharing your input.

Yeah, I'll definitively get Jace, Architect of Thought once he gets near ten dollars a pop (otherwise, I'll just buy the Duel Deck). I'm still pondering about the additional Sphinx's Revelation .

I used to run Simic Charm , but I quickly stop running it since I found myself short because of its BG mana requirement. The most common situation was that early in the game I had two choices: either I played a sliver and fell short for the charm, or I save up for the charm and give a clear signal to my opponent that I have it on my hand.

I have Megantic Sliver on the sideboard in case I play against more aggresive opponents. It's great to see my burn-slinging adversaries Distress when I render them useless.

Great to see people trying to make slivers in standard a thing +1. They're so fun to play sadly I was just never able to get them to be competitive. Have you tried this deck in FNM yet?

Yes, I have (there's one FNM that I've recorded below the description). I've balanced the deck in order to play against any type of opponent, and it has proven (to me and a few others at least) that it is worthy for competitive play. I'm not too sure about Syncopate though, since it's not a good card, nor a bad card and I'm currently under heavy consideration to change it for something else.

Really like the deck! I've been testing it on MTGO, and it's real consistent against the current standard meta.

I've made some modifications, taking out Ready / Willing and the Sphinx's Revelation because I never felt that casting either of them was a strength of the deck's style (albeit damage prevention and more control oriented).

I opted to add a couple Hive Stirrings (great against Aggro decks, and mono-devotion decks), as well as Jace, Architect of Thought as a card draw engine as well as a way to shutdown aggro. Two other interesting additions I'm testing is Path of Bravery , which is infinitely cheaper than Door of Destinies . The lifegain can completely blow out aggro decks, and usually it's a Glorious Anthem with upside against control.

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Thanks for the support! I appreciated it.

I use Ready / Willing because it saves my dudes from a global and because of it's synergy with Manaweft Sliver (it can be potentially cast for free, not to mention it's Willing ). Sphinx's Revelation is a good card on it's own, but the reason I also keep that one lying around is because of the synergy it has with Prophet of Kruphix and the previously mentioned combo.

I forgot about Path of Bravery . In a way, it IS much better than Door of Destinies since it offers (with a condition) a small, but meaningful boost to all my creatures,and it also provides an effect similar to lifelink for just three mana. I'll give it consideration (and surely will test it out).