Slivers Mutate (Indestructible)

Commander / EDH* Indestructible Mutate Sliver

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Creature (37)

• 1x Archipelagore
• 1x Auspicious Starrix
• 1x Boneyard Lurker
• 1x Brood Sliver
• 1x Cavern Whisperer
• 1x Chittering Harvester
• 1x Cloudpiercer
• 1x Dirge Bat
• 1x Dreamtail Heron
• 1x Gemrazer
• 1x Glowstone Recluse
• 1x Hatchery Sliver
• 1x Heart Sliver
• 1x Hollowhead Sliver
• 1x Illuna, Apex of Wishes
• 1x Insatiable Hemophage
• 1x Lancer Sliver
• 1x Lore Drakkis
• 1x Majestic Auricorn
• 1x Migratory Greathorn
• 1x Mindleecher
• 1x Necropanther
• 1x Nethroi, Apex of Death
• 1x Otrimi, the Ever-Playful
• 1x Paradise Druid
• 1x Parcelbeast
• 1x Pollywog Symbiote
• 1x Porcuparrot
• 1x Poultice Sliver
• 1x Pouncing Shoreshark
• 1x Sea-Dasher Octopus
• 1x Silhana Ledgewalker
• 1x Snapdax, Apex of the Hunt
• 1x Souvenir Snatcher
• 1x Stuffy Doll
• 1x Vadrok, Apex of Thunder
• 1x Vine Mare

Land (37)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Blossoming Sands
• 1x Clearwater Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 3x Forest
• 1x Foul Orchard
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 1x Gateway Plaza
• 4x Island
• 1x Jungle Hollow
• 1x Jungle Shrine
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Mystic Monastery
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 1x Opulent Palace
• 2x Plains
• 1x Rugged Highlands
• 1x Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1x Savage Lands
• 1x Savai Triome
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Thornwood Falls
• 1x Timber Gorge
• 1x Zagoth Triome

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Discovery / Dispersal
• 1x Mythos of Snapdax
• 1x Scour All Possibilities

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Alpha Authority
• 1x Arcane Adaptation

Commander (1)

Artifact (11)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Folio of Fancies
• 1x Indatha Crystal
• 1x Ketria Crystal
• 1x Mask of Avacyn
• 1x Mirror Shield
• 1x Raugrin Crystal
• 1x Savai Crystal
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x The Magic Mirror
• 1x Zagoth Crystal

Instant (8)

• 1x Archmage's Charm
• 1x Blossoming Defense
• 1x Dive Down
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Rain of Revelation
• 1x Renegade's Getaway
• 1x Sheltering Word
• 1x Unlikely Aid

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Sideboard

Creature (26)

• 1x Brokkos, Apex of Forever
• 1x Cleaving Sliver
• 1x Clot Sliver
• 1x Enduring Sliver
• 1x Essence Symbiote
• 1x Everquill Phoenix
• 1x First Sliver's Chosen
• 1x Horned Sliver
• 1x Huntmaster Liger
• 1x Lazotep Sliver
• 1x Mysterious Egg
• 1x Poultice Sliver
• 1x Regal Leosaur
• 1x Sliver Gravemother
• 1x Sliver Legion
• 1x Sliver Overlord
• 1x Sliver Queen *oversized*
• 1x Spiteful Sliver
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 2x Synapse Sliver
• 1x Tempered Sliver
• 1x Trumpeting Gnarr
• 1x Vulpikeet
• 1x Wardscale Crocodile
• 1x Zagoth Mamba

Instant (6)

• 1x Cancel
• 1x Catalog
• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Jwari Disruption  ^Flip
• 1x Opt
• 1x Radical Idea

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Adventurous Impulse

Artifact (1)

• 1x Mana Geode

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Maybeboard

Creature (6)

• 1x Cloudshredder Sliver
• 1x Crystalline Sliver
• 1x Cubwarden
• 1x Diffusion Sliver
• 1x Sawtusk Demolisher
• 1x Sedge Sliver

Land (3)

• 1x Indatha Triome
• 1x Ketria Triome
• 1x Raugrin Triome

Instant (1)

• 1x Mizzium Skin

Artifact (1)

• 1x Champion's Helm

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Big Picture I loved playing a mutate deck on Arena but I found my creatures to be incredibly vulnerable to spells. Enter Paradise Druid and it's fantastic Hexproof. If I could drop a Paradise Druid on round 2, I was pretty confident of winning, or at least being able to play a good game.

I've attempted here to create a deck mostly using cards I already have to put that same game into EDH. Sliver Hivelord makes a powerful commander for this, as usually by round 5 or 6, you can play him and all sliver creatures become Indestructible. After that, it's just a matter of mutating the same creature over and over as much as possible to get as many triggers of the mutate ability stacking as possible. If it all works, you should see card draw, land search, artifact stealing or destroying, damage, life gain, and creature removal all in one 3-5mana drop mutation. Do that 3 times in a single round, and most opponents will be willing to sell their left kidney for something like Chaos Warp, Diabolic Edict, or Angelic Edict. Assuming they do find a buyer and get their hands on a nasty card like that, you can always pop in your Sheltering Word and ruin their day.

If a Sliver isn't readily available, you can always start building a mutation off of Paradise Druid, Silhana Ledgewalker, Stuffy Doll, or Vine Mare for some alternatives that are indestructible or hexproof.

The key mechanic here isn't really hitting things, but letting the mutations destroy people's board states and life while also giving you an edge. And if you get the chance to smack them around a bit, Glowstone Recluse will stack counters on your creature for some serious punch, as long as your opponent doesn't have a 1/1 Squirrel sitting around to block you. Then again, mutate in Illuna, Apex of Wishes or Gemrazer and you get trample.

If you really like Slivers, you can put in Poultice Sliver or Sedge Sliver (from the Maybeboard) to give slivers regenerate. This would protect mutations from going away should you somehow take enough damage to destroy your towering stack of mutated creatures.

How to Play Make sure your initial hand has at least 3 lands. After that, if you have a card to give a creature hexproof (either Dive Down or Mirror Shield) that would be best.

For the first few rounds, all you're really looking to do is get some mana out there. If you have a hexproof creature like Paradise Druid or a mana artifact, play that pretty quick.

By round 5 or 6 you should have enough mana to play your commander Sliver Hivelord. Play it. After this, you will always want a hexproof instant in hand an mana to play or, or else a hexproof artifact attached.

For the rest of the game, your focus is mutating Sliver Hivelord as much as possible and triggering the "when this creature mutates" abilities as much as possible. If you want, you can diversify your board state by mutating off of other creatures. I strongly recommend using slivers as your mutate base so that they get the indestructible benefit from your commander. If that's not available, one of the Hexproof creatures will work. Worst case scenario, or if you have tons of creatures thanks to Auspicious Starrix, you can mutate off of just about anything non-human. Keep in mind that several cards like Insatiable Hemophage use the wording "where X is the number of times this creature has mutated," so it can really pay off to mutate just one creature as much as possible.

Happy mutations!

Date added	3 years
Last updated	1 month
Splash colors	WUBRG
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 2 Mythic Rares 16 - 9 Rares 39 - 9 Uncommons 17 - 14 Commons
Cards	99
Avg. CMC	3.63
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Copy Clone, Feather, Servo 1/1 C, Sliver 1/1 C, Sliver Army 0/0 B
Based on	Everyone Mutates Av8orGamer EDH