Sliver Overlord Combos [[cEDH]] [[PRIMER]]

Commander / EDH Combo Competitive Hive Mind Infinite Combo Primer Sliver Tokens

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Land (32)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Forest
• 1x Gemstone Mine
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Island
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x The World Tree
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Sylvan Scrying
• 1x Three Visits

Creature (24)

• 1x Amoeboid Changeling
• 1x Avacyn's Pilgrim
• 1x Basal Sliver
• 1x Biomancer's Familiar
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Blur Sliver
• 1x Cloudshredder Sliver
• 1x Crystalline Sliver
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Faeburrow Elder
• 1x Gemhide Sliver
• 1x Heart Sliver
• 1x Ignoble Hierarch
• 1x Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Manaweft Sliver
• 1x Noble Hierarch
• 1x Sliver Queen
• 1x Thrasios, Triton Hero
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Zhur-Taa Druid
• 1x Zirda, the Dawnwaker

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Arcane Adaptation
• 1x Burgeoning
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Freed from the Real
• 1x Intruder Alarm
• 1x Mana Echoes
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Rhythm of the Wild
• 1x Training Grounds
• 1x Unnatural Selection
• 1x Utopia Sprawl

Commander (1)

Instant (13)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Natural State
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Veil of Summer

Artifact (10)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Helm of Awakening
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Maskwood Nexus
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Talisman of Progress

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Narset, Parter of Veils
• 1x Oko, Thief of Crowns
• 1x Teferi, Time Raveler

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Maybeboard

Creature (14)

• 1x Destiny Spinner
• 1x Diffusion Sliver
• 1x Harmonic Sliver
• 1x Hunter Sliver
• 1x Imagecrafter
• 1x Kiora's Follower
• 1x Lavabelly Sliver
• 1x Lazav, the Multifarious
• 1x Quick Sliver
• 1x Root Sliver
• 1x Scuttling Sliver
• 1x Shalai, Voice of Plenty
• 1x Sliver Hivelord
• 1x Virulent Sliver

Instant (4)

• 1x Counterflux
• 1x Savage Summoning
• 1x Shields of Velis Vel
• 1x Silence

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Domri, Anarch of Bolas

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Neoform

Artifact (1)

• 1x Lotus Petal

Land (1)

• 1x Emergence Zone

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{B}{G}{R}{U}{W} ALL WILL ANSWER THE CALL OF THE OVERLORD {W}{U}{R}{G}{B}

Hello, welcome to my decklist! This is a competitive take on Sliver Overlord and also my own original list. If you liked the list, please upvote and playtest to your hearts content. If you use the decklist anywhere, please give credit as i have put alot of time and effort into this list.:3

Why Sliver Overlord? Because Slivers are Badass

Sliver Overlord is a toolbox creature, able to tutor for slivers of all kinds. Slivers have also always been a very liked and very hated tribe for many years. As for my choice of making this the leader of my cEDH deck, its able to bring a vast amount of unique options, threats, and answers, all while remaining a menacing force on the field.

The Sliver race is known for causing destruction and being near-unstoppable weapons of war in the right hands. They can rampage through entire battlefields in their frenzied search for a new Queen. Left unchecked, they can dominate an entire plane with little to no resistance.

Deckbuilding Process

This is my 2nd iteration of the Sliver Overlord combo deck. The idea was to create a better, faster version of the original while trying to not lose effectiveness across the board. There were many cuts and additions in order to help speed the early game as much as possible, at the expense of mid-late game pieces such as Opposition Agent. My goal was to create a unique deck that would be efficient and powerful while remaining true to the spirit of the slivers. Unfortunately, i do not think slivers are in a good enough place to be viable as a tribe, hence why there are very few slivers.(im sorry my poor slivers)

Gameplan

The early game consists of ramping out while getting set up as quickly as possible, be it with Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy to add extra value to Manaweft Sliver or Arcane Adaptation to instantly provide Sliver Overlord access to your entire array of creatures.

Mid Game is generally the furthest you want to take this deck, ending with one of the various combos. To get here, the deck is equipped with many interactions to deal with game threateners and combo pieces. Fitting cards for this part was bit trickier.

There are 3 major Wincons available to you that you can choose to strive for based on your situation. Those 3 are between the following.

Gathering infinite mana to pump and kill with Walking Ballista.

Gathering infinite mana and drawing everything you need with Thrasios, Triton Hero.

Assembling slivers to create a powerful chain to infinitely create 1/1 slivers to win. This being the harder but most fun way to win.

Combos and Synergies(Warning:Long List)

There are many different possible combos and synergies to list, here are all the ones i could find and remember.

Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy + Basalt Monolith= {INFINITY} Mana

Faeburrow Elder + Freed from the Real= Infinite {G}{W} Mana

Bloom Tender + Freed from the Real= Infinite {G} Mana

Mana Echoes + Sliver Queen= {INFINITY} Mana & slivers

Basal Sliver + Sliver Queen= Infinite ETB & Death triggers. Not useful here.

Zhur-Taa Druid + Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy + Intruder Alarm + Sliver Queen= Infinite Damage

Infinite Mana Outlet + Unnatural Selection + Sliver Overlord= Steal all non-shroud/hexproof Creatures on the board

Infinite Mana Outlet + Thrasios, Triton Hero= Draw Entire Deck

Infinite Mana Outlet + Walking Ballista= Infinite Damage

Cloudshredder Sliver + Manaweft Sliver + Sliver Queen + Training Grounds= Infinite Mana and Slivers w/ Haste.

Amoeboid Changeling + Sliver Overlord= Steal Enemy Creatures

Training Grounds + Sliver Overlord= Reduced Activation Cost

Biomancer's Familiar + Sliver Overlord= Reduced Activation Cost

Zirda, the Dawnwaker + Sliver Overlord= Reduced Activation Cost

Training Grounds + Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy= Reduced Activation Cost

Biomancer's Familiar + Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy= Reduced Activation Cost

Zirda, the Dawnwaker + Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy= Reduced Activation Cost

Training Grounds + Sliver Queen= Reduced Activation Cost

Biomancer's Familiar + Sliver Queen= Reduced Activation Cost

Zirda, the Dawnwaker + Sliver Queen= Reduced Activation Cost

Training Grounds + Thrasios, Triton Hero= Reduced Activation Cost

Biomancer's Familiar + Thrasios, Triton Hero= Reduced Activation Cost

Zirda, the Dawnwaker + Thrasios, Triton Hero= Reduced Activation Cost

Arcane Adaptation + Sliver Overlord= All creatures are tutorable.

Maskwood Nexus + Sliver Overlord= All creatures are tutorable.

Dockside Extortionist + Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy= Treasures produce double mana

Any Mana Dork + Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy= Mana Dorks produce 1 additional mana

Removed/Replaced Cards

Removed:Hullbreacher Replacement:Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy.

Removed:Opposition Agent Replacement:Burgeoning.

Removed:Ashiok, Dream Render Replacement:Exploration.

Removed:Talisman of Indulgence Replacement:Basalt Monolith.

Removed:Smothering Tithe Replacement:Zirda, the Dawnwaker.

Removed:Banefire Replacement:Thrasios, Triton Hero.

Removed:Elves of Deep Shadow Replacement:Ignoble Hierarch.

Removed:Arbor Elf Replacement:Zhur-Taa Druid.

Removed:Noxious Revival Replacement:Reanimate.(Testing currently)

Removed:Wild Growth Replacement:Helm of Awakening.(Testing currently)

Check out my OG version of Overlord where i tried to combo off with Arcane Adaptation only LOL:Slivers UwU

Final Thoughts

As you can probably see now, this is not a conventional sliver deck, heck i dont even think i can call it a tribal deck. I will say however, my experimentation with using cards like Arcane Adaptation and Maskwood Nexus gives the added feel of the Sliver Hive's unstoppable influence, corrupting all kinds of creatures to bend to will of the Sliver Overlord. All in all, this was a very fun deck to create for me, and its a deck that has taken me about a year and a half to get to the current state.

Initially, I wanted to see how far I could push Sliver Overlord until its reached its limits while being a unique entity, and i feel comfortable enough with the deck in its current state to say i have achieved that to a certain degree. Of course, there are always ways to improve this, hence the maybeboard for new ideas. Hopefully, more effective slivers will be released to help the tribe a bit more, as i still believe Manaweft Sliver and Cloudshredder Sliver are the 2 best slivers at the moment.

Thank you for taking the time to look at my project, i appreciate all upvotes and feedback! Yes i know there are much more powerful cards to add, but this is a slow process and i am upgrading in phases.

P.s: Check out my very casual Sliver Combat deck here: The Hivelord's Ambition

Date added	3 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 54 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 17 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.01
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Elk 3/3 G, Food, Shapeshifter 2/2 U, Sliver 1/1 C, Spirit 1/1 C, Treasure
Folders	Others decks