Top 5 slivers in modern
Modern forum
Posted on Feb. 22, 2015, 4:02 p.m. by tyforthevenom
Manaweft Sliver and Gemhide Sliver are automatically excluded from the lists due to being obvious
GlistenerAgent says... #4
February 22, 2015 4:07 p.m.
tyforthevenom says... #5
agent last 2 are disqualified as manaweft is stupidly obvious and phantasmal image is an illusion not a sliver doesn't matter if it can become a sliver
February 22, 2015 4:10 p.m.
GlistenerAgent says... #7
Two-Headed Sliver is pretty good.
Phantasmal Image isn't a Sliver? Didn't realize that, as it says Sliver right on the card.
February 22, 2015 4:12 p.m.
fluffybunnypants says... #8
February 22, 2015 4:19 p.m.
GlistenerAgent says... #12
Phyrexian Metamorph also adds the value of copying your opponent's Birthing Pod.
February 22, 2015 4:23 p.m.
VampireArmy says... #13
Any reason you guys are randomly trolling?
Guy just asked a question...
February 22, 2015 4:28 p.m.
fluffybunnypants says... #14
February 22, 2015 4:31 p.m.
slovakattack says... #17
This is like asking what the top 5 merfolk in Modern are... The best slivers are the +1/+1 slivers, b/c that's their biz. Kind of a semi-pointless question- or at the very least, not one worth quibbling about.
February 22, 2015 4:47 p.m.
tyforthevenom says... #18
ok so slovakattack that covers 2 of the top 5....
February 22, 2015 4:51 p.m.
tyforthevenom says... #19
I'm Building a sliver tribal deck hence the question
February 22, 2015 5:07 p.m.
slovakattack says... #20
February 22, 2015 5:09 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #21
The best sliver cards are when you go Temur sliver.
Two-Headed Sliver, Galerider Sliver and Virulent Sliver. Unfortunately you won't go anywhere because you don't have access to Heart Sliver.
February 22, 2015 5:12 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #24
Of course, you have to run Predatory Sliver as well.
Just remember that tribal decks don't really work in modern. Merfolk is the close you are going to get, but that's because it has 8 lords (modern doesn't have access to Muscle Sliver) which all grant a very good method of evasion.
February 22, 2015 5:14 p.m.
GlistenerAgent says... #25
But you will almost certainly be playing Phantasmal Image. That's a given.
February 22, 2015 5:15 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #26
5 colour slivers won't work in modern. Way too risky. You need to focus on 3 colours at max for an aggro deck. Just be wary of the fact that you are in complete bolt, path and decay range.
February 22, 2015 5:16 p.m.
GlistenerAgent says... #27
Femme, sure you can. Ancient Ziggurat alongside Sliver Hive and some fastlands make that very reasonable to do.
February 22, 2015 5:17 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #28
And I agree with agent on the Phantasmal Image thing. Because your slivers are weak enough to die anyways from anything that can target them anyways, making them an illusion doesn't change anything. In fact, Phantasmal Image and Phyrexian Metamorph are excellent for being able to turn decks against them.
February 22, 2015 5:17 p.m.
GlistenerAgent says... #29
Cavern of Souls too. Forgot about that one. Five colors is pretty easy.
February 22, 2015 5:20 p.m.
tyforthevenom says... #30
I run 5 different 5 colour lands plus 6 mana fixing slivers and AEther Vial coz that enables 5 colours easily and turn 3 hivelord is good surely aswell as the m15 blue sliver (forgot it's name)
February 22, 2015 5:23 p.m.
tyforthevenom says... #32
Lands are 1x Forest 4x Mana Confluence 4x Ancient Ziggurat 4x Sliver Hive 4x Cavern of Souls 4x Gemstone Mine
February 22, 2015 5:25 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #33
Well, my point still stands on your focus. Focus on Virulent Sliver as your win con with evasion and buffs slivers filling up left over space.
February 22, 2015 5:26 p.m.
tyforthevenom says... #34
I don't doubt it femme but slivers work like a toolbox each tool improving each tool
February 22, 2015 5:31 p.m.
slovakattack says... #35
They can, but that comes at the cost of consistency. There's a tradeoff you need to consider, and a balance to shoot for.
February 22, 2015 5:33 p.m.
ItchiUchiha117 says... #36
I feel like Toolbox Slivers don't work without Sliver Overlord.
February 22, 2015 5:40 p.m.
Good luck running a 5-color Sliver deck when Blood Moon hits the board. Or when your AEther Vial gets Decay'd.
Anyway, getting back on topic... wasn't there a Sliver card that had the same ability as Kira, Great Glass-Spinner? At least it makes removal less of a problem... sort of... maybe. So, it gets my vote.
February 22, 2015 5:51 p.m.
tyforthevenom says... #39
Blood moon doesn't hit the board before your mana sliver and harmonic sliver farts in blood moons general direction
February 22, 2015 5:54 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #40
5 colour slivers won't worry about that square711, the moment they get 1 or 2 mana slivers out those things won't matter.
It is just getting around abzan and killing faster than combo that you have to worry about.
February 22, 2015 5:54 p.m.
vampirelazarus says... #41
VampireArmy: They're trolling because venom has a...... reputation (to put it nicely) of asking questions and then arguing against every answer, or asking questions and placing so many restrictions on them that he gets the answer he wants.
February 22, 2015 7:23 p.m.
tyforthevenom says... #44
I hardly put any restrictions on this question and only arguments have been "that's not sliver"
February 22, 2015 7:34 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #45
Even though they obviously help you out. Phantasmal Image should be an automatic include in your modern sliver deck.
February 22, 2015 7:48 p.m.
tyforthevenom says... #46
I didn't say it shouldn't but the question was specifically about slivers themselves
February 22, 2015 7:49 p.m.
vampirelazarus says... #47
The funny thing about image.... it is a sliver. Just like Tarmogoyf is the best blue creature ever printed.
February 22, 2015 8:14 p.m.
vampirelazarus says... #48
And did it occur to you that maybe I wasn't directly taking about this thread, and instead talking about the multitude of others?
February 22, 2015 8:15 p.m.
tyforthevenom says... #49
I understand I can seem difficult but being a nob to me for no good reason isn't proper
ShamaLamaDingDong says... #2
Crystalline Sliver
February 22, 2015 4:05 p.m.