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5-C Sliver Deck (Slivers: Resistance is Futile)

Commander / EDH* Combo Competitive Infinite Combo Sliver

Draniei


The Goal:

The purpose of the deck is to overwhelm the opponents by quickly amassing a board state that extremely limits opponent options while vastly increasing your own.

A good first hand is one with a tutor (Demonic Tutor, Vampiric Tutor, Worldly Tutor) or a mana producing Sliver (Manaweft Sliver and Gemhide Sliver). And of course, the mana for them.

For Vampiric, Demonic, and Worldy Tutors always tutor either Gemhide or Manaweft Slivers. Unless you already have one of them in your hand, then I usually keep them around until I need to set up a combo.

For constructing this deck, I'm aware of the cost of many of these items. If you can't afford the Alpha/Beta/Unlimited/Revised Dual lands here, the only acceptable alternative are the Shock lands of the Ravnica and Return to Ravnica blocks. Cards like Overgrown Tomb and Sacred Foundry, that is because these cards also have the subtypes needed to be targeted by the fetch lands in my deck.

Combos:

Infinite Combo #1:

Mana Echoes + Sliver Queen

So, you will need to kick this off. When the Sliver is created Mana Echoes creates for the Slivers in play. Then you use to make another Sliver giving you + . So on so forth. This combo creates infinite Slivers and infinite

Infinite Combo #2:

Basal Sliver + Sliver Queen + Training Grounds

Training Grounds makes Sliver Queen's ability cost and Basal Sliver allows you to sacrifice a creature for . You need to kick of the combo, but then you sacrifice the Sliver for , then you can create two Slivers and you sacrifice them for , you make four more Slivers and so on, so forth. This combo produces infinite Slivers and infinite .

Infinite Combo #3:

Infinite Combo 1/2 + Purphoros, God of the Forge

For every Sliver created this way (which is infinite) Purphoros deals 2 damage to each opponent.

Infinite Combo #4:

Infinite Combo 1/2 + Constricting Sliver

Infinitely exile all creatures your opponent controls.

Infinite Combo #5:

Infinite Combo 1/2 + Darkheart Sliver

Sacrifice your infinite Slivers for infinite life.

Infinite Combo #6:

Infinite Combo 1/2 + Dormant Sliver

Draw infinite Cards for your infinite Slivers. Though, I recommend using Hibernation Sliver's ability to bring him up before you lose the game.

Infinite Combo #7:

Infinite Combo 1/2 + Harmonic Sliver

Use the infinite Slivers to destroy your opponents Artifacts and Enchantments. Though, I recommend using Hibernation Sliver's ability to bring him up before you target your own.

Infinite Combo #8:

Infinite Combo 1/2 + Mindwhip Sliver

Use some of the infinite mana and infinite Slivers to make your opponents discard all the cards in their hands.

Infinite Combo #9:

Infinite Combo 1/2 + Necrotic Sliver

Use some of the infinite mana and infinite Slivers to destroy all your opponents Permanents (Lands, Artifacts, Creatures, Enchantments, Planeswalkers).

Infinite Combo 10:

Infinite Combo 1/2 + Gaea's Cradle

Gaea's Cradle gives you infinite for your infinite Slivers.

Infinite Combo 11:

Infinite Combo 1/2 + Cloudshredder Sliver

All the Slivers created (which is infinite) can attack immediately, while flying as well.

Infinite Combo #12:

Infinite Combo 12 + Sliver Legion

Sliver Legion causes all Slivers to get +1/+1 for every other Sliver in play, and since the combo makes infinite Slivers, all Slivers possess an infinite power and toughness.

Infinite Combo #13:

Infinite Combo 12 + Gemhide Sliver

Infinite Combo 12 + Manaweft Sliver

All the Infinite Slivers can be used to create any color mana needed for other spells.

Infinite Combo #14:

Infinite Combo 12 + Screeching Sliver

You can tap your infinite Slivers to mill all your opponents library into their graveyards.

Infinite Combo #15:

Infinite Combo 12 + Syphon Sliver

Attack with your infinite Slivers and gain infinite life.

Infinite Combo #16:

Infinite Combo 12 + Virulent Sliver

Attack with your infinite Slivers and give your opponents infinite Poison counters.

Combo #1:

Psionic Sliver + Sliver Hivelord

You are able to target damage direct to a creature or player.

Combo #2:

Combo 1 + Venom Sliver

Instantly destroy creatures regardless of power or toughness.

Infinite Combo #18:

Infinite Combo 12 + Combo 1/2

Directly target your opponents with direct damage from the infinite Slivers.

Infinite Combo #19:

Infinite Combo 12-18 + Throne of the God-Pharaoh

Utilize any of the infinite tapping combos and Throne of the God-Pharaoh will deal an infinite amount of damage to each opponent.

Combo #3

Cloudshredder Sliver + Manaweft Sliver

Cloudshredder Sliver + Gemhide Sliver

Excellent Sliver-based mana source.

Combo #4:

Combo 3 + Sliver Overlord

Search your deck for whichever Sliver fits your needs and play it.

Infinite Combo #20:

Combo 4 + Paradox Engine

Play all your Slivers in a single turn.

Infinite Combo #21:

Infinite Combo 20 + Planar Portal

Play all of the cards in your deck in one turn.

Combo #5:

Crystalline Sliver + Root Sliver + Sliver Hivelord

You are untouchable, excepting mass exile.

Combo #6:

Quick Sliver + Seedborn Muse

You are able to cast Slivers on every turn.

Combo #7:

Horned Sliver + Sliver Legion

Fairly self-explanatory how these two cards play off each other.

Combo #8:

Arcane Adaptation + Hibernation Sliver + Riftsweeper

Returning cards from exile.

Combo #9:

Constricting Sliver + The First Sliver

Dormant Sliver + The First Sliver

Harmonic Sliver + The First Sliver

Purphoros, God of the Forge + The First Sliver

In each of these parings, a nice combo is arising about the benefits of The First Slivers cascade addition to my deck.

Combo #10:

Gemhide Sliver + Scuttling Sliver

Manaweft Sliver + Scuttling Sliver

Psionic Sliver + Scuttling Sliver

Screeching Sliver + Scuttling Sliver

Arcane Adaptation + Bloom Tender + Scuttling Sliver

In all these cases, Scuttling Sliver helps redo these abilities, or at least free these Slivers for attacking.

Parting Thoughts

I have a dream of a card named Eldrazi Sliver, which says, "All Slivers have Annihilator 1."

Thoughts? Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Please, I'd love to hear them.

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