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Sliver Overlord - Predatory Super-Organisms

Commander / EDH* Bracket 4 Combo Control Midrange Multiplayer Toolbox

Doombeard1984

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Commander: foil Sliver Overlord

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Artifact (2)

I can hear it now... The groans of other players when they see the commander. The rolling eyes when you start tutoring and finding all those wonderful combo pieces. That look of resignation when they realise its already happened, and the Hive can't be stopped. Such a warm fuzzy feeling inside.

So this is my Sliver Deck. Lets have a look at whats going on:

So the game plan is going to be trying to play into some form of combo for the win. The deck is capable of going wide and going for combat damage at a push, but it defo more comfortable sitting back, assembling some various win con, and protecting that with counter magic or other interaction from the Sliver Toolbox.

Combo win usually concludes with something including Intruder Alarm, haste and mana enabling Slivers (various versions) and Sliver Overlord, which should enable me to tutor every sliver in the deck for the attack. Should someone essentially lock mem out of combat damage, I figured including Spiteful Sliver and Blasphemous Act gives me an alternate wincon through Spiteful's effect. Just Lovely :)

I have chosen Sliver Overlord as my commander because of his tutor ability. The main win con's and combos in this deck rely on creatures, so being able to tutor for them just makes sense. Also, with Training Grounds I should be able to do this at a cheaper cost.

Sliver Queen *oversized* combines with Mana Echoes to enable me to make an infinite amount of 1/1 sliver tokens. Again, hopefully i should be able to do this for one with the cost reducers. If these have haste from Heart Sliver or Cloudshredder Sliver and I have either Gemhide Sliver or Manaweft Sliver out, then I am good for mana of pretty much any colour.

For the damage, well, there is Sliver Legion, Sliver Hivelord and Bonescythe Sliver. This should all add up to a fairly tasty amount of punch to face. With a Shifting Sliver out, and providing i'm not playing another sliver deck (yes, that would be more problematic :(), then that damage is not being blocked.

I have got utility and draw in creatures and enchantments as well. Aura Shards, Harmonic Sliver and Necrotic Sliver for removal, Synapse Sliver, Rhystic Study (Did you pay the ???) and Guardian projects for draw. I also have The Great Henge which pays for itself if I have one of the lords out and lets me draw a card when I play a creature spell.

Root Sliver to stop that pesky blue control nonsense, and, of course, Crystalline Sliver for shroudy, hexproofy shenanigans.

I have put some control in there of my own as well, because nobody likes a premature board wipe or cyc rift when your not quite ready to throw down.

Cyclonic Rift and Blasphemous Act... For when you just want to be that guy.

Please let me know what you think. I am working really hard to make this as good as I can. I already get plenty of hate at the table (as to be expected as a Sliver player right?), but I want to really earn that table hate lol.

I also want to say a big thanks to Mortlocke, whose sliver deck (The Queen's Egg) was a MASSIVE influence on my deck, and has been super helpful when I have badgered them with questions. YOU ARE ACE!

Comments and, if you like it, +1's are always greatly appreciated.

Anyway, back to the hive for me. Laters

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going to add some basics — Aug. 7, 2025
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So have made a couple changes, including adding some basic lands. Many times have been subject to a Path to Exile or an Assassin's Trophy, and had to say those horrible words..... "Fail to find". As such, have added a Island, Swamp and Forest. Also added them as seems to a prevalence of people playing Blood Moon effects in my local meta too, so helps with some of that. Lost a little fixing with losing the 2 triomes and the City of Brass, but at least they come in untapped I guess.

Have also added the new Thrumming Hivepool from EoE, so looking forward to seeing how this plays out.

Finally, have also removed Voidslime in place of some more protection with a Boros Charmfoil.

As much as I like the idea of the new Slivers... — Jan. 22, 2024
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-1 Chromatic Lantern maybe
-1 City of Brass maybe
-1 Force of Will maybe
-1 Indatha Triome maybe
-1 Voidslime maybe
-1 Zagoth Triome maybe