Thorncaster Sliver
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Format Legality
1v1 Commander Legal
Archenemy Legal
Arena Legal
Block Constructed Legal
Canadian Highlander Legal
Casual Legal
Commander / EDH Legal
Commander: Rule 0 Legal
Custom Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Gladiator Legal
Highlander Legal
Historic Legal
Legacy Legal
Leviathan Legal
Limited Legal
Modern Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Pioneer Legal
Planechase Legal
Quest Magic Legal
Vanguard Legal
Vintage Legal

Thorncaster Sliver

Creature — Sliver

Sliver creatures you control have "Whenever this creature attacks, it deals 1 damage to target creature or player."

NV_1980 on Heart, Lung, Kidney, (S)liver

7 months ago

I've always liked Brood Sliver, Leeching Sliver, Syphon Sliver, Thorncaster Sliver and Venom Sliver. Some other fun ideas: Nature's Will, Coastal Piracy/Bident of Thassa, Cover of Darkness and Patriarch's Bidding.

LetterLeach on The Death of the Swarm - [EDH]

10 months ago

Hello, i have some recommendations, specifically with the use of Encore in mind

Dormant Sliver- when encored it becomes a draw Y Times y cards were y is the number of opponents, in a 4 player game thats a four mana draw 9, and then each encore thereafter also draws nine, and sure you need a sac outlet to do combat that turn after you draw but your hand will never be fuller

Leeching Sliver + Thorncaster Sliver both deal great damage on declare attacks, with thorncaster able to clear away specific blockers before they can be declared, if only there were a card to quickly generate a lot of bodies for slivers... oh how about Irregular Cohort? although you will need a haste enabler for the tokens that the etb makes

Moritte of the Frost also lets you copy your 3 best permanents (importantly the legend rule is disabled for slivers you control so keep it in mind in play)

also Ward Sliver getting an encore can give you prot from half the color wheel :)

derpologist42 on Slivers are the worst

2 years ago

Unclaimed Territory is good land for sliver decks. It is any color land for creature spells that does not come in tapped. Replacing a couple of basics for them will probably help with color consistency. Also Quilled Sliver works better than Thorncaster Sliver in almost every way; quilled can be used both offensively and defensively where thorncaster only procs on the offense. Cloudshredder Sliver is also a good replacement for Blur Sliver. Blur cost 3 mana and only gives haste whereas cloushredder cost 2 and gives haste and flying.

rb701 on Xenomorphic Expanse

2 years ago

Pulmonic Sliver recycles slivers on death and gives flying, but has a high CMC. Poultice Sliver grants regen, which is handy. Thorncaster Sliver, Bonescythe Sliver, Quilled Sliver, Essence Sliver, Fungus Sliver are all fun. it really just depends on how high you are willing to go with your mana curve. for any tribal deck, i always recommend Door of Destinies to give the extra "thump"

Gomoomog on Mid-Cost Sliver

4 years ago

A really good combo for slivers is a Thorncaster Sliver plus any deathtouch sliver so you can board wipe your opponent. It's just over 2 dollars but it can be worth it. You already have Manaweft Sliver but Gemhide Sliver does the same thing if you find you need more mana slivers.

DarkRequiem on RainbowSliver (Vintersorg / Uriah Heep Cover) (C)

4 years ago

Sedge Sliver works quite well with Prismatic Omen and I had it there until the last update. It works supposedly well since it also pumps, so it serves two purposes. Not that the pump is that significant but... Crypt Sliver is a big no. I'm planing on getting Crystalline Sliver out asap. I looked at it but the targeting is a bit of a pain.

All Is Dust + Ghostflame Sliver is a good combo, sure. I own 0 All is Dust though and I don't really care much for it.

Crib Swap is a nice card indeed. Shame it can't be unearthed.

Right now I'm considering adding back Sedge Sliver and adding Acidic Sliver . Maybe remove Thorncaster Sliver and something else. Undecided on what that something else could be though.

Shamanintraining on The jungle...It just came alive and took him

4 years ago

Thanks multimedia

Appreciate the suggestions as this opened my eyes to re-tooling the manabase. This is the first commander deck I built and I made the mistake of never revisiting the manabase.

I think i'm going to go a little different route though and if you have any other thoughts on this strategy i'd love to hear them.

The plan is to increase the basics land count to 13-15 with a little extra focus on green. With those i'll add the green ramp/fixing staples of Kodama's Reach , Cultivate , Rampant Growth , Farseek , and Explosive Vegetation .

In addition to the basics i'm planning to add the Battle lands for another shot of entering untapped.

Prairie Stream , Sunken Hollow , Smoldering Marsh , Cinder Glade , Canopy Vista

I understand your point about cutting these guys:

Thorncaster Sliver , Ward Sliver - Easy cuts

Jolrael, Empress of Beasts - Love holding a player hostage with the land destruction threat. Sad to see it go.

Might Sliver , Megantic Sliver - Think the explosive pump spells do a better job so i can cut them.

Don't think I can let go of Constricting Sliver , Fury Sliver , Pulmonic Sliver

And as for Homing Sliver , Venom Sliver , Striking Sliver i'll probably put them back in.

Wanted to point out that Star of Extinction + Spiteful Sliver is an instant win ;)

multimedia on The jungle...It just came alive and took him

4 years ago

Hey, great deck name, +1 just for that :)

21 of the 34 lands in the manabase ETB tapped. That's a lot and not good for a five color deck. Since this is a budget manabase, budget lands to consider adding:

To help the manabase consider adding Sylvan Scrying to tutor for Command Tower ? The manabase is relying on dual lands making cards that can tutor for a dual land helpful.

Are Thorncaster Sliver , Ward Sliver , Jolrael, Empress of Beasts , Might Sliver and Pulmonic Sliver worth playing as five drops? The five drop Sliver here you want to play is Hivelord or Overload, playing seven other five drop creatures doesn't seem needed and can hurt the consistency of being able to play the better five drops. There's quite a few other five drop noncreature cards here too. Constricting Sliver , Fury Sliver , Megantic Sliver are six drop Slivers and they also don't seem needed.

Other cards to consider adding:

Cards to consider cutting:

  • Vivid Crag
  • Vivid Creek
  • Vivid Grove
  • Vivid Marsh
  • Vivid Meadow
  • Thorncaster Sliver
  • Ward Sliver
  • Constricting Sliver
  • Fury Sliver
  • Megantic Sliver
  • Jolrael, Empress of Beasts
  • Might Sliver
  • Pulmonic Sliver
  • Spreading Plague
  • Star of Extinction
  • Door of Destinies
  • Necrologia
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