New M15 Slivers, yay or nay?
Commander (EDH) forum
Posted on July 24, 2014, 6:28 p.m. by Forkbeard
As the title suggests, what's the consensus on the M15 slivers in EDH? IMHO the Sliver Hivelord & Sliver Hive are going to make the cut but I'm undecided on the 5 new uncommons.
What say ye?
brokendwarf says... #3
Constricting Sliver makes all your slivers Banisher Priest , which is pretty useful.
Maybe Venom Sliver . First sliver to grant deathtouch
Belligerent Sliver is simply a more expensive Two-Headed Sliver .
Probably not Diffusion Sliver . It's EDH, so players have mana to spare and generic boardwipes.
Probably Not Leeching Sliver . Only affects one player.
July 24, 2014 6:38 p.m.
I think Diffusion Sliver
and Venom Sliver
will see play more then the other 3 with Belligerent Sliver
and Constricting Sliver
working there way into a good amount of Sliver decks but Leeching Sliver
is pretty lackluster in my opinion
July 24, 2014 6:41 p.m.
Haha Wic_Uber, fair enough!
brokendwarf, Toxin Sliver is kind of deathtouch which I'm already running although the cheaper CC might be worthwhile.
July 24, 2014 6:46 p.m.
MindAblaze says... #6
I think in combination Sliver Hivelord and Diffusion Sliver will be nice, since it helps mitigate that boardwipe problem a bit. At least the "destroy" ones. A small price to pay for not having them rip off your face...or whatever other horrible things slivers would do to you...
I think adding the redundancy of Belligerent Sliver will be a good thing. Making things hard to block is usually good in tribal decks.
July 24, 2014 6:47 p.m.
TheScantron says... #7
All the 2 drops are really great. Leeching Sliver seams to be the best imo. Constricting Sliver is fine too, nice effect, but so expensive cmc.
July 26, 2014 2:41 a.m.
TheScantron says... #8
Oh shoot, didn't see this was about edh. I guess think constricting sliver would be an all-star then. Maybe Venom Sliver too.
July 26, 2014 2:43 a.m.
sonicizslow says... #9
Keep in mind Toxin Sliver prevents regeneration, which is better then just deathtouch in my opinion.
July 26, 2014 8:38 a.m.
Agreed sonicizslow. I've added Constricting Sliver , Sliver Hive & Sliver Hivelord to my deck for now. So far so good, the Hivelord is just ridiculous for obvious reasons. As brokendwarf pointed out, exiling creature threats is definitely useful - Paired nicely with Sliver Queen .
July 26, 2014 2:56 p.m.
Rumrunner360 says... #11
Just built my first Sliver deck with a full arted Sliver Hivelord
(edited by my wonderful girlfriend)as the commander and It runs like a charm. I run a Diffusion Sliver
as early game protection if a cant draw into my Crystalline Sliver
before i have to search it out. Constricting Sliver
is silly, especially with the Sliver Hive
and even Sliver Queen
. All in all I am pleased with the return of slivers and feel like the Sliver Hivelord
may have broken slivers in EDH slightly.
July 29, 2014 11:28 p.m.
Schuesseled says... #12
venom, constricting, diffusion, hive, hivelord, all good.
August 1, 2014 2:32 p.m.
NotSoLuckyLydia says... #13
I think Constricting Sliver depends on your deck. I think it'll be best in the silly mass reanimation sliver decks, where you win games by suddenly having a zillion slivers on board, and swinging in for lethal. It can remove a dozen threats. Sliver queen will also be really sweet with it.
The biggest problem with it, though, is when EVERY SINGLE GREEN DECK EVER has stupid Asceticism . (Yes, I am mad salty about that)
BTW, if anybody wants a foil, miscut Belligerent Sliver , I've got one!
August 1, 2014 5:20 p.m.
Ratstail91 says... #14
Constricting Sliver sounds fairly good for EDH, especially with Sliver Queen as the commander. Before I realized this was an EDH discussion, I was gonna say that Diffusion Sliver's and Leeching Sliver's abilities stacked. Leeching Sliver is a boss in standard, but I guess not here...
ChrisH says... #2
Nay... because I don't play Slivers.
July 24, 2014 6:37 p.m.