Sliver Overlord - Predatory Super-Organisms

Commander / EDH* Combo Control Midrange Multiplayer Toolbox

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Land (37)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Indatha Triome
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Rejuvenating Springs
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Savannah
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Spire Garden
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Training Center
• 1x Tropical Island
• 1x Undergrowth Stadium
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Zagoth Triome

Creature (27)

• 1x Galerider Sliver
• 1x Striking Sliver
• 1x Amoeboid Changeling
• 1x Cloudshredder Sliver
• 1x Crystalline Sliver
• 1x Gemhide Sliver
• 1x Heart Sliver
• 1x Hibernation Sliver
• 1x Manaweft Sliver
• 1x Quick Sliver
• 1x Sentinel Sliver
• 1x Venom Sliver
• 1x Basal Sliver
• 1x Harmonic Sliver
• 1x Lavabelly Sliver
• 1x Necrotic Sliver
• 1x Sedge Sliver
• 1x Spiteful Sliver
• 1x Syphon Sliver
• 1x Bonescythe Sliver
• 1x Root Sliver
• 1x Shifting Sliver
• 1x Sliver Hivelord
• 1x Sliver Legion
• 1x Sliver Queen
• 1x Synapse Sliver
• 1x The First Sliver

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Mirri's Guile
• 1x Training Grounds
• 1x Steely Resolve
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Intruder Alarm
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Mana Echoes
• 1x Smothering Tithe

Commander (1)

Instant (16)

• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Worldly Tutor
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Voidslime

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Three Visits
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will
• 1x Patriarch's Bidding
• 1x Farewell
• 1x Blasphemous Act

Artifact (2)

• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x The Great Henge

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Sideboard

Artifact (1)

• 1x Sensei's Divining Top

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Maybeboard

Land (3)

• 1x Fiery Islet
• 1x Spara's Headquarters
• 1x Ziatora's Proving Ground

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Farewell

Instant (2)

• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Force of Will

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Carpet of Flowers

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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 {1}???) and Guardian projects for draw. I also have The Great Henge which pays for itself if I have one of the {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} 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

Top Ranked	Achieved #44 position overall 5 years ago Achieved #40 position in Commander / EDH 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Control 3 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Counterspell 3 years ago
Date added	6 years
Last updated	13 hours
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	16 - 0 Mythic Rares 65 - 0 Rares 10 - 1 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.89
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Sliver 1/1 C, Treasure
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