The Queen's Egg

Commander / EDH Bracket 4 Competitive Infinite Combo Midrange Primer Sliver Tokens

Mortlocke

Land (35)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Badlands
• 1x Bayou
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Gaea's CradleGC
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Plateau
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Savannah
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Taiga
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Tropical Island
• 1x Tundra
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Volcanic Island MP
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Artifact (6)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Fellwar Stone *f-etch*
• 1x Mox DiamondGC
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring

Creature (27)

• 1x Amoeboid Changeling
• 1x Basal Sliver
• 1x Bonescythe Sliver
• 1x Brood Sliver
• 1x Cloudshredder Sliver
• 1x Crystalline Sliver
• 1x Dormant Sliver
• 1x Dregscape Sliver
• 1x Galerider Sliver
• 1x Gemhide Sliver
• 1x Harmonic Sliver
• 1x Heart Sliver
• 1x Hibernation Sliver
• 1x Lavabelly Sliver
• 1x Magma Sliver
• 1x Manaweft Sliver
• 1x Necrotic Sliver
• 1x Quick Sliver
• 1x Sedge Sliver
• 1x Sentinel Sliver
• 1x Shifting Sliver
• 1x Sliver Hivelord
• 1x Sliver Legion
• 1x Sliver Queen SL
• 1x Striking Sliver
• 1x Synapse Sliver
• 1x Venom Sliver

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Demonic TutorGC
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Imperial SealGC
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Three Visits
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Commander (1)

Instant (17)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic RiftGC
• 1x Deadly Rollick
• 1x Deflecting Swat
• 1x Delay
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Enlightened TutorGC
• 1x Fierce GuardianshipGC
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Vampiric TutorGC
• 1x Worldly TutorGC

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Mana Echoes
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Rhystic StudyGC
• 1x Smothering TitheGC
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Training Grounds

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Queen of Hordes. Her Majesty.

When Slivers Come Together

Do you like Tribal Creatures? Do you enjoy crushing your opponents with endless ranks of creatures that have indestructible, +1,000,000.../+1,000,000..., flash, flying, haste, shroud, regenerate, first strike, doublestrike, AND deathtouch? If so, then Sliver Overlord is the perfect choice for you. With its ability to tutor for any other creature in your deck, you have a complete toolkit for any situation at your disposal. With a little help from the hive Overlord can steal the opponent's most prized creatures, adding their might to your own (and making them a Sliver). Alternatively, you could use Overlord to beseech her Highness, the Queen along with her decree of absolute victory you can become unstoppable - crushing your opponents' hopes and dreams with creatures that have more abilities than the card would have room for.

The Rathi Overlay

What is this deck?

The Queen's Egg is just one take on an "ideal" (as in monetary cost is not an issue, with any and all game changers allowed as applicable) Midrange Sliver tribal deck. The goal is to threaten to kill between turns 5 to 8 (or expect to play at least 4 turns before winning or losing). According to the Commander Brackets Beta, the deck would likely be at the bottom of Bracket 4. It would ideally be facing off against highly synergistic Bracket 3 decks and of course against Bracket 4 decks.

Strengths

Slivers naturally build off of one another – with each new one hitting the battlefield all of them become stronger. The deck provides three viable paths to victory: Infinite Combo via Sliver Queen, Combat Damage via Magma Sliver, Sliver Legion or Commander Damage being viable when Sliver Overlord is accompanied by Bonescythe Sliver and/or any sliver providing evasion.

This deck is lean with an average Converted Mana Cost (CMC) of 2.46, the expectation is that each turn can be spent building up your boardstate while keeping mana open for interaction.

Weaknesses

The requirements of a five color deck with an array of spells and creatures expected to compete in a Bracket 4 meta has necessitated the use of a very expensive (monetarily) manabase. Also, the choice of forgoing Basic Lands has also introduced vulnerabilities to mass land denial via Contamination and Blood Moon.

The deck is weak against graveyard strategies. There are no solutions in the deck for opponents who cast or play spells from the graveyard.

With only 6 draw options, the deck can run out of steam. I have opted to have many tutor options over draw spells; to attempt to maintain tempo tutoring for a draw option early game is advised.

Rarely this deck can find itself at a political disadvantage at turn 0 - which is known as Sliver Hate™. Wizard Mentor archdukeofevil described it perfectly: "When you sit down at a table consider yourself playing Archenemy, and you don't get the silly cards to help. Usually everyone just blasts the slivers and then continues the game.

The Riptide Project

• Mana Echoes + Sliver Queen - Infinite Thrum 1 - With all of the previously mentioned on the battlefield, activate the Queen's ability to spawn a 1/1 Sliver creature token. That token will trigger Mana Echoes, which will generate {1} colorless mana. Use that {1} to help pay for another activation her highness's ability to trigger Echoes again, this time generating {2} mana. Use that {2} to create another token and generate {3}. Keep activating her royal greatness until you have a board populated with enough tokens to swarm your opponents all in one go. Note: Combo works best with a haste enabler on the field.
• Basal Sliver + Sliver Queen + Training Grounds - Infinite Thrum 2 - The Queen chooses to bring a different entourage with this infinite creature combo - With all of the previously mentioned cards in play, pay {1} to activate Queen's ability - creating a 1/1 Sliver creature token that will gain Basal Sliver's "All slivers have sacrifice this permanent, add {B}{B}". Since Training Grounds reduces the cost for Queen's ability by {1}, sacrifice the 1/1 sliver creature token for {B}{B} and generate two 1/1 creature tokens. Generate {B}{B}{B}{B} by sacrificing the two tokens, then you get 4 tokens. 4 becomes 8, 8 becomes 16, so on and so forth... Note: Combo works best with a haste enabler on the field.
• Amoeboid Changeling + Sliver Overlord - Hive Conscription - {T} Changeling, activating it's ability to give any specific creature all creature types. Effectively, it will turn that creature into a "Sliver". Then you pay {3}, activating Sliver Overlord's ability to take control of target Sliver. There is no specified length of time on the Overlord's ability, so when Changeling's ability resolves the stolen "Sliver" ceases to be a Sliver - but it is still under your control.
• Sliver Queen + Heart Sliver + Basal Sliver + Gemhide Sliver - Infinite Mana - Note:Heart Sliver can be swapped with Cloudshredder Sliver and Gemhide Sliver can be swapped out with Manaweft Sliver. With all of the previously mentioned on the battlefield, pay {2} to create a 1/1 Token (via Queen). The token ETBs with haste, sac for {B}{B} and tap for {1} of any color, so you {T} the token for mana and sacrifice it for the {B}{B}. Use the {B}{B} to create another Sliver token. {T} it for that one mana again, sac it for the {B}{B}...repeat until you have more than enough tokens to kill all opponents, and/or tutored and played every Sliver in your library after playing the commander - then end the game.
• Striking Sliver + Venom Sliver - Dead Before They Knew It - Note: Striking Sliver can be swapped out for Bonescythe Sliver - First strike or Double strike combined with Deathtouch can cut down blockers and attacking creatures without any harm befalling the Sliver involved - with one of the few exceptions being creatures that possess Indestructible and similar effects. Just to be clear, first strike damage resolves before combat damage - creatures attacking or blocking your slivers will receive at least 1 point of Deathtouch damage (ala Venom Sliver) before it gets the chance to deal damage.
• Bonescythe Sliver + Brood Sliver - Sliver Doubling Season - Thanks to Bonescythe Sliver each sliver gains Double strike, granting them two combat damage assignment steps. When you combine that with Brood Sliver you gain 1 Sliver creature token generated per combat damage step that assigns damage to an opponent. Yay twins :)
• Basal Sliver + Lavabelly Sliver + Sliver Queen - Death by Thrum - Pay {2} to activate the Queen's ability creating a Sliver Creature Token. That token will have Lavabelly's ETB effect, allowing you to target a player (or planeswalker if you're weird) for 1 point of damage. Sacrifice the token using Basal's ability generating {B}{B} which will be used for...yes you guessed it - another activation of Sliver Queen's ability which will result in another activation of Lavabelly's ability. Repeat the process of creating and sacrificing Sliver creature tokens until all would be egg-touchers are dead.

Astral Ways

Recently, the deck has reached a new tappedout milestone: The Queen's Egg is now (as of May 2020) the highest rated Sliver Tribal + Sliver Overlord deck on the site. It took a lot of advertising, but the deck managed to get 500+ upvotes - overtaking (for now at least)the Professor of Tolarian Community College's Introductory build on Slivers. He has had a big influence on me as a player and a deck builder. The Professor showed me that a deck isn't merely a pile of cards, it is a form of self expression. For me, this deck is a love letter to one of my favorite tribes.

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Previously, my amazing wife got me a custom handmade box for my favorite tribe, but unfortunately as I decided to upgrade the protection for each individual card the full deck no longer fit in that box. So recently I decided to upgrade and purchase an all new box that had enough room to store the entire deck. Themed after the Original and Secret Lair art prints of the Sliver Overlord (one of my all time favorite MTG Cards) my new deck box - The Overlord's Chrysalis shall house my prized deck from now on. Like the first, this lovely deckbox was crafted by none other than the great Liefkicker and The Being. You can find out more on Liefkicker's Website or Patreon - I personally am a Patron, as I love his stuff. If you want to want to see a more comprehensive review about Liefkicker's products (albeit from awhile ago), I suggest you look at the TolarianCommunityCollege's review: A Review of The Hedron Box for Magic: The Gathering Also, Shout Out to the Professor!

For the few of you who have been keeping track of this deck's progress Gattison crafted some awesome and funny song lyrics which are a parody of We Care Alot by Faith No More. I made an update about this before, but over time it may become lost from the front page, so here's another location where it may be discovered. As a reminder you can find Gattison's Studio right here. He takes requests! So don't hesitate to contact him, for every deck deserves it's own song. So without further ado, here is the official song of The Queen's Egg:

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_The following is a parody of "We Care a Lot," by Faith No More (Lyrics by Gattison)._ We share a lot We share a lot We share a lot, we share colors like {W}, {U}, {B}, {R} and {G} We share a lot, we share mechanics like flying, trample and lifelink We share a lot, we share deathtouch and first strike, _and_ double strike We share a lot, we share too much, they say, down in the Sliver Hive, yeah (Oh-oh-oh-oh) Oh, it's a dirty deck but someone's gotta play it Oh, it's a dirty deck but someone's gotta play it We share a lot We share a lot We share a lot, we share our syphons and our bonescythes and our essence We share a lot, we share four times as much as you, that's why we're better We share a lot, we share abilities like "{T} to regenerate" We share a lot, we share things like "+1/+1 for each one of us in play," YEAH! Well it's a dirty deck but someone's gotta play it (Oh-oh-oh-oh) Well it's a dirty deck but someone's gotta play it (3x) (repeat 1x) We share a lot We share a lot We share a lot, we share our sacrifices for the mana pool We share a lot, we share the same turn-ons that's how we make the brood We share a lot, we share mana We share a lot, we share fortune We share a creature type, now don't slivers look like fun? We share a lot, we share the battlefield with ourselves and no one else We share a lot, we share the graveyard with the goblins and the elves We share a lot, we share with little slivers and big slivers too We share a lot, if you're a sliver then we'll share with you too, YEAH! Well it's a dirty deck but someone's gotta play it (Oh-oh-oh-oh) Well it's a dirty deck but someone's gotta play it (3x) (repeat 3x) Well it's a dirty deck but someone's gotta play it (Oh-oh-oh-oh) Well it's a dirty deck but someone's gotta play it (2x) If it's a parody then Gattison'll write it

The coding for this primer was developed by Epochalyptik here.

Top Ranked	Achieved #9 position overall 10 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Competitive 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Infinite Combo 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Midrange 5 years ago
Date added	11 years
Last updated	2 months
Key combos	Mana Echoes + Sliver Queen Basal Sliver + Sliver Queen + Training Grounds Striking Sliver + Venom Sliver Bonescythe Sliver + Brood Sliver Basal Sliver + Lavabelly Sliver + Sliver Queen
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 62 - 0 Rares 12 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.46
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Sliver 1/1 C, Treasure
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