Sliver Overlord

Legendary Creature — Sliver Mutant

{3}: Search your library for a Sliver card, reveal that card, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.

{3}: Gain control of target Sliver. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (43)

Abaques on WOTC announcement - All Commanders …

1 year ago

For a fun one, Jegantha, the Wellspring and Progenitus.

Or how about going with Sliver-geddon and running The First Sliver and Sliver Overlord.

Or, because Urza, Lord High Artificer really needs access to all five colors, run him with Urtet, Remnant of Memnarch

Or perhaps you're just an evil person and you run Sakashima the Impostor so you can get a second Grand Arbiter Augustin IV on the battlefield.

Another pairing for those who hate their friends would be Maralen of the Mornsong and Ob Nixilis, Unshackled.

DoctorMunchiesPHD on A Pimp Named Sliver Overlord

1 year ago

SufferFromEDHD Good call bro, what would you swap for it personally? Hesitant to cut more Slivers to guarantee targets for Manaweft Sliver or Pact of the Serpent but a good swap is a good swap, great synergy with Sliver Overlord, kind of just seems like a better Amoeboid Changeling.

Caerwyn on The Chorus of the Sliver

1 year ago

Amoeboid Changeling is a must-have in Sliver Overlord. Its first ability allows you to turn any opponent’s creature into a sliver - which then allows you to take that creature permanently with Sliver Overlord. Combined with a way of infinitely untapping the Changeling (which allows you to turn every opponent creature into a sliver) and infinite mana to activate Overlord, you can take every single opponent creature, leaving them with nothing to block your slivers (plus the value their creatures add to your side), allowing you to punch through a victors.

Youaresmelly on Slivers

1 year ago

I play tested the deck a little bit and I think you are running too many high cost slivers, and everything would feel nicer if you replaced them and the mana ramp spells to get to them. Just replace them with lower cost slivers and maybe a land or two. You really want bodies out when you drop that 4 or 5 drop sliver, otherwise they are kinda bad and give your opponent time to respond to the effect if he is your only dude. Alternatively for the more expensive ETB slivers you really want cheap guys you could maybe play on the same turn. If you make your land cheap you could toss in Sliver Overlord and still be cheaper overall, can swap that as your commander when you aren't playing 4 player games.

Things I think are worth adding in :

Plated Sliver , maybe Sidewinder Sliver , Shadow Sliver is just Shifting Sliver but one cheaper , Spinneret Sliver or just Winged Sliver, I think Taunting Sliver is just worse than Telekinetic Sliver besides the double blue cost although I understand the multiplayer use , and its kinda meme but good with your commander to maybe use this on your self when in need Screeching Sliver

Doombeard1984 on Slivers Everywhere

1 year ago

Hello julsjuj,

Thanks for the response. Just to clear up, in point 5 when I said Brood, meant a general term for your Hive of Slivers, not the card Brood Sliver specifically lol. General comment was would be helpful knowing what your overall win con is going to be in the deck? How you are looking to play the deck out. Are you Aggro, combo, Voltron? Goof thing with Slivers is there ability to shift lanes, as Sliver Overlord gives you access to a toolbox of abilities etc to deal with most things.

I think concerning Patriarch's Bidding we may have to agree to disagree lol. If you have had your board wrecked a couple times, you could feasibly have a combo win in the graveyard that you can win at instant speed, for just {3}{B}{B}. Any haste enabler, Mana Enabler, and a piece of tech on board (an intruder alarm for example) and you just win lol. I udnerstand the concern that someone will benefit more, but I think it is highly likely that in playing such a high synergy deck, you are likely to come out on top.

I do still think that you are maybe missing on some draw effects. Other than the Synapse Sliver you have, you could look at Kindred Discovery, Guardian Project, The Great Henge (this one will likely only cost you {G}{G} with its cost reduction), Sylvan Library, just so you can keep you hand filled with gas.

I look forward to your response :)

Doombeard1984 on Slivers Everywhere

1 year ago

Hello there. +1 for a fellow denizen of the Hive.

Just a couple questions/suggestions.

• Whilst Survival of the Fittest is an amazing card, is it really that useful considering your commander can literally tutor ever creature in your deck? Feels like, whilst a lovely flex of a card, seems a little redundant considering you have an ability in the command zone, which also doesnt mean you need to discard a creature as well. Maybe worth looking at something like a Training Grounds to reduce the cost of Sliver Overlord's ability.

• You are pretty light on interaction. As a Sliver player you are likely going to be targetted lol. I know that pain. You also dont have much in the way of spot removal. I kind of feel that there is an oversaturation of Slivers in the deck, that maybe arent necessarily needed. Looking at removal, protection (Teferi's Protection and other cards like Heroic Intervention), and you could also consider counter magic maybe.

• Knowing how you are looking to win ould make it much easier to offer suggestions on your brood. Are you looking to go wide, combo win?

• Patriarch's Bidding is another really good reccursion spell which you are much more likely to benefit from than others.

• Coat of Arms is scary against any other Tribal/Typal deck. Do you need it when you have Sliver Legion?

• Cover of Darkness seems redundant when you have Shifting Sliver which is just better for you.

• I am a big fan of Blasphemous Act in combination with Spiteful Sliver. Can genuinely be a win con in itself. Especially against those opponents using things preventing you from attacking or going full send attack.

Hope this helps, and feel free to pop over and visit my hive anytime

Doombeard1984 on Sliver Overlord - Predatory Super-Organisms

1 year ago

Hi Profet93,

Firstly, happy new years!

The decknitself runs a pretty heavy control package which I do like to have flexibility. I tend to be targeted on the regular, and when the deck is starting to really build. Can also cause a lot of board wipe triggers as well. With the manage restrictions, I am usually OK to be honest, as the manabase is solid, with usually the mana slivers as an early tutor for Sliver Overlord.

That being said, Deflecting Swat is a great card situationaly (as well as Imps Mischief). They just don't offer the flexibility I tend to need to interact with my opponents trying to scupper my devious plans lol.

On a more general note, I tend to have to pkay very cagey to try and not just be targeted out of existence . The order of play, tutoring, interacting etc are super key early game to enable to (usually) combo out the win in some way.

Hope that a useful response at least, and again I wish you a very happy new year

Goyfs-R-Us on All Hail The Overlord

1 year ago

GeminiSpartanX There are many ways for Slivers to go infinite in mana, creatures or damage. I will start by listing 3 of the most common ones you will generally see to get you started. The rest I will leave for you to discover through play.

1. Sliver Queen+Mana Echoes: The classic, will generate infinite mana and Sliver tokens, combine with a haste sliver for an infinite attack or use Lavabelly Sliver for infinite target damage and life.

2. Basal Sliver+Sliver Queen+Lavabelly Sliver: Infinite target damage and life gain.

3. Intruder Alarm+The First Sliver: Not truly an infinite combo on it's own but can be with the right setup or hit's off cascade triggers. Intruder Alarm combos with a ham sandwich so not hard to make infinite with mana/haste slivers and Hibernation Sliver and Darkheart Sliver.

Bonus: The most important cards to consider for combos. Sliver Queen, Basal Sliver, Lavabelly Sliver, Hibernation Sliver, The First Sliver, Gemhide Sliver, Manaweft Sliver, Heart Sliver, Cloudshredder Sliver, Firewake Sliver, Darkheart Sliver, Cautery Sliver, Sliver Overlord, Homing Sliver, Mana Echoes, Intruder Alarm, Faces of the Past.

Support Cards: The most important cards to protect your combos. Crystalline Sliver, Root Sliver, Sliver Hivelord, Quick Sliver, Ward Sliver, Force of Will, Patriarch's Bidding.