The Swarm

Commander / EDH Bracket 3 Competitive Hive Mind Sliver

I_am_a_Pi_Rho

Creature (39)

• 1x Amoeboid Changeling
• 1x Blade Sliver
• 1x Blur Sliver
• 1x Bonescythe Sliver
• 1x Brood Sliver
• 1x Cloudshredder Sliver
• 1x Constricting Sliver
• 1x Crypt Sliver
• 1x Crystalline Sliver
• 1x Diffusion Sliver
• 1x Galerider Sliver
• 1x Gemhide Sliver
• 1x Harmonic Sliver
• 1x Heart Sliver
• 1x Hibernation Sliver
• 1x Homing Sliver
• 1x Horned Sliver
• 1x Lavabelly Sliver
• 1x Manaweft Sliver
• 1x Megantic Sliver
• 1x Might Sliver
• 1x Muscle Sliver
• 1x Necrotic Sliver
• 1x Plated Sliver
• 1x Predatory Sliver
• 1x Pulmonic Sliver
• 1x Quick Sliver
• 1x Root Sliver
• 1x Sentinel Sliver
• 1x Shifting Sliver
• 1x Sinew Sliver
• 1x Sliver Gravemother
• 1x Sliver Hivelord
• 1x Sliver Legion
• 1x Sliver Overlord
• 1x Spiteful Sliver
• 1x Syphon Sliver
• 1x Venom Sliver
• 1x Virulent Sliver

Land (36)

• 1x Ancient Ziggurat
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Forest
• 1x Gaea's CradleGC
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 2x Island
• 1x Jungle Shrine
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Opulent Palace
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Plains
• 1x Raugrin Triome
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Savage Lands
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Sliver Hive
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Unclaimed Territory
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Zagoth Triome

Commander (1)

Artifact (11)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chimil, the Inner Sun
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Chromatic Orrery
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Door of Destinies
• 1x Eldrazi Monument
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x The Immortal Sun
• 1x Vanquisher's Banner

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Demonic TutorGC
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Patriarch's Bidding

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Defense of the Heart
• 1x Descendants' Path
• 1x Mana Echoes
• 1x Mirari's Wake

Instant (3)

• 1x And They Shall Know No Fear
• 1x Cyclonic RiftGC
• 1x Kindred Summons

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Maybeboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Sliver Queen

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Leyline of Mutation

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At my local shop, I rarely play this deck because they hate Slivers. I'm considered a degenerate to them. That being said, anything that I should change to make it more degenerate?

I have a few combos that can be grabbed by either Sliver Overlord or Defense of the Heart: Amoeboid Changeling + Sliver Overlord I change your commander/best creature to a sliver and then steal it. Constricting Sliver + Sliver Hivelord My slivers are indestructable and every sliver that comes out gets rid of one of yours. Bonescythe Sliver + Sliver Hivelord My slivers are indestructable and deal double damage. Shifting Sliver + Sliver Hivelord My slivers are indestructable and unblockable. Bonescythe Sliver + Shifting Sliver Doublestrike and unblockable (I've used this to end a game.)

To protect my artifacts and enchantments from Harmonic Sliver, I just target Darksteel Ingot or use one of the many other sliver abilities to either return Harmonic Sliver to my hand or sacrifice it.

Apparently I can combo Chromatic Orrery + Gaea's Cradle to have mana of any color for the amount of creatures I have.

Slivers in general are nasty about helping each other out whether it's getting them bigger or great features. When cascading with them, I can continue from my first 1 CMC sliver to Mana Crypt. And if my life is getting too low from Mana Crypt I can probably just sac it with Harmonic Sliver.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	9 months
Key combos	Bonescythe Sliver + Shifting Sliver Constricting Sliver + Sliver Hivelord Bonescythe Sliver + Sliver Hivelord Shifting Sliver + Sliver Hivelord Chromatic Orrery + Gaea's Cradle
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 19 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.38
Tokens	Copy Clone, Sliver 1/1 C