I'm what happens when a bunch of poorly-disguised slivers hiding in a hat and trench coat become radicalized by the Machine Orthodoxy and wish to spread the good word of Phyrexia to all non-compleat.

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Mortlocke

Congrats on your 8 year anniversary! Also, I'm glad you found someone who understand your "addicti....hobby" :D

May 31, 2025 5:39 p.m.

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Your deck title makes me think of this instance of Voidslime and it's wonderful flavor text.

June 3, 2025 1:54 p.m.

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Bishoprage,

I can absolutely relate on the wife front. I've been married for 8 years - just celebrated an anniversary and we'll likely be together for many more. She's already accepted my addicti-er...hobby. Just gotta make responsible budgets each month for entertainment. Also, I highly suggest you chat up a local game store (LGS) and feel out the management and staff - if they are trustworthy and amicable to their customers you should build a financial relationship with them - try to do as much business as possible there. Then when it comes time for you to want to get a BIG purchase for a birthday (like that aforementioned Sliver Queen *oversized*) you can make an arrangement where you give some trades as a down payment, and every paycheck you make small payments until the card is purchased. Yes, it's effectively layaway - but obviously you can't do that with all stores. This is more of a long term suggestion if you ever felt so inclined to collect some more expensive pieces. If you know you're never going to want to then I suggest you proxy to your heart's content. Few players seem to care as long as you're not playing in big tournaments with cash prizes.

As for card suggestions I think all of your swaps are spot on, except your filterland choices. Don't go with the Odyssey cycle lands like the aforementioned Skycloud Expanse. When they enter the battlefield they literally do nothing unless you have another mana source already on the field - including these limit your early game options. Pay the few dollars more and get the Shadowmoor filterlands e.g. Flooded Grove and Mystic Gate. The key differences here is that they all can produce mana - specifically - but their filtering option takes things one step further and can give you a two of one color as opposed to one of each.

Mox Diamond is tough to replace. It's a card with ridiculous power that just can't really be replicated. Considering price though, i'd go with a utility spell like the aforementioned Teferi's Protection, Heroic Intervention, or Sylvan Tutor. MindStone is also a very okay option as well because in the late game it can get you a card when in a pinch. This slot is reserved for low cost spells that help establish or maintain your boardstate. Go with what you think your deck needs.

May 31, 2025 5:48 a.m.

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Hi Bishoprage,

Thanks for showing interest in my deck, and yes this is the right place for your questions. Speaking of which, what to replace the "4 horseman" dual lands with? I have some ideas, and will list them from most to least expensive so you can make a decision based off of your budget:

  • Ikoria/New Capenna Triome Lands - the cycle is complete, and yes entering tapped is pretty lame but they can be tutored with any of the fetchlands I am presuming you are going to keep in the deck.

  • Shadowmoor/Eventide Filter Lands - The land cycle is complete and can produce colorless mana in a pinch. At one point some of these lands were in the deck - until the budget grew and I went for more expensive options.

  • Pain Lands - unfortunately these aren't typed, but the cycle is complete and for the low low price of just one life per use you can get the mana you need.

  • Three Tree City is a substitute i'd recommend for Gaea's Cradle.

  • Yes, indeed i'd suggest Windfall for wheel of fortune, or really any other reasonably low coverted mana cost (cmc) draw spell of your choice to be honest. Or heck, you could get another piece of interaction like Permission Denied.

  • As a substitution for Mox Diamond i'd suggest maybe Mind Stone? This is a tough call as there are few 2 cmc mana rocks out there i'd recommend that are a reasonable monetary investment.

Those are my suggestions for (in my opinion) reasonably priced substitutions for the more expensive pieces in the deck. Let me know what you think! Also, welcome to magic! Hopefully you will have a good time brewing and building your very own Sliver Hive!

May 30, 2025 6:17 p.m.
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Commander / EDH - Dinosaurs, Commander / EDH - Infect, Commander / EDH - Sliver, Commander / EDH - Phyrexian, Commander / EDH - Midrange, Commander / EDH - Toxic, Commander / EDH - Primer

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