Im looking at tossing together a sliver deck, 4 of each land and 4 of ten slivers. Favorites/ Best ones?
Perhaps some shared triumph or similar such enchantment(s) as well...
Not all of these are auto 4 of's in a sliver deck but these are my favorites in no particular order
Gemhide Sliver : Fix the mana base of any deck with these Sliver Queen : 7/7 for WUBRG that pumps out tokens Sliver Legion : Coat of Arms + a 7/7 body for WUBRG Toxin Sliver : Deathtouch on all Slivers. Oh yeah. Crystalline Sliver : Shroud on all your critters for WU Essence Sliver : Lifelink Homing Sliver : Cycle any Sliver for another sliver or just cycle him. Great tutoring card Root Sliver : All your slivers can't be countered. Very nice against MUC Brood Sliver : More tokens. Great with Shifting Sliver Talon Sliver : First Strike. This with Toxin and Essence make all your Slivers godly.
Honorable Mentions Shifting Sliver : Unblockable except by other Slivers. Great way to kill late game. Virulent Sliver : A new spin on an old kill method. Very effective early game and can win you a match much more quickly than conventional beat down since the poisonous ability stacks. Ward Sliver : Nobody likes burned slivers. Protect yourself!
Not all of these are auto 4 of's in a sliver deck but these are my favorites in no particular order
Gemhide Sliver : Fix the mana base of any deck with these Sliver Queen : 7/7 for WUBRG that pumps out tokens Sliver Legion : Coat of Arms + a 7/7 body for WUBRG Toxin Sliver : Deathtouch on all Slivers. Oh yeah. Crystalline Sliver : Shroud on all your critters for WU Essence Sliver : Lifelink Homing Sliver : Cycle any Sliver for another sliver or just cycle him. Great tutoring card Root Sliver : All your slivers can't be countered. Very nice against MUC Brood Sliver : More tokens. Great with Shifting Sliver Talon Sliver : First Strike. This with Toxin and Essence make all your Slivers godly.
Honorable Mentions Shifting Sliver : Unblockable except by other Slivers. Great way to kill late game. Virulent Sliver : A new spin on an old kill method. Very effective early game and can win you a match much more quickly than conventional beat down since the poisonous ability stacks. Ward Sliver : Nobody likes burned slivers. Protect yourself!
I can't believe you didn't mention Sliver Overlord - 7/7 for WUBRG that can tutor other slivers, and if you have the mana you can do it more than once. Awesome with homing sliver - home in, find the Overlord, drop, and later you can use him to tutor other stuff up.
In fact, the above Top-Ten list pretty much made up my old deck, along with Homing Sliver and Virulent Sliver, though half the time the Virulents were not needed - raw damage usually more than sufficed. If I had to pick one favorite sliver though - it would be Gemhide Sliver. Turning every sliver you have into a BoP is powerful, and in conjunction with Reflex Sliver and Sliver Queen, you could crank out slivers like no tomorrow.
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Decks
Commander
Ezuri, Renegade Leader (Aggro/Combo - Favorite) Skullbriar, the Walking Grave (Sac and Grave hijinks) Azusa, Lost but Seeking (Landfall hijinks) Kaalia of the Vast (Heavily modded)
Winged, crystalline, the aura shards one, muscle, and sinew. I prefer either UW, WG, or bant. All color sliver decks get kinda messy. Naya is also decent with the m14 slivers.
Necrotic and Acidic are so much fun to play, especially if you run any reanimation effects. I've had opponents weep when confronting them. Heart Sliver and Muscle Sliver to me are the quintessential Slivers, the tried and true basic dudes. Loved them ever since I first saw them back in Tempest/Stronghold block. Legion is just sick. JUST sick. And of course the queen is, well, the queen. Try some of these cards with slivers and see how much fun you can have.
I personally prefer the old style of slivers to the new humanoid version we currently have. The new ones... Just aren't slivers to me. I'll still use them in Sliver EDH though. Just not happy about it.
If you intend to build for multiplayer i would definately play beyond what standard has to offer.
Add a few mana rocks,protection spells and slivers that give reach(not the keyword but the ability to get across damage without direct combat) . Probably green for pump, mana fixing slivers, white for double-strike/vigilance and return to the ranks, red for haste/first strike/shock, and blue for the counterspell sliver, and i guess a sliver lord of some kind.
Black is probably the color to skip if any. And the most important is probably including a healthy serving of Green and White slivers since they are the best value.
Perhaps some shared triumph or similar such enchantment(s) as well...
Gemhide Sliver : Fix the mana base of any deck with these
Sliver Queen : 7/7 for WUBRG that pumps out tokens
Sliver Legion : Coat of Arms + a 7/7 body for WUBRG
Toxin Sliver : Deathtouch on all Slivers. Oh yeah.
Crystalline Sliver : Shroud on all your critters for WU
Essence Sliver : Lifelink
Homing Sliver : Cycle any Sliver for another sliver or just cycle him. Great tutoring card
Root Sliver : All your slivers can't be countered. Very nice against MUC
Brood Sliver : More tokens. Great with Shifting Sliver
Talon Sliver : First Strike. This with Toxin and Essence make all your Slivers godly.
Honorable Mentions
Shifting Sliver : Unblockable except by other Slivers. Great way to kill late game.
Virulent Sliver : A new spin on an old kill method. Very effective early game and can win you a match much more quickly than conventional beat down since the poisonous ability stacks.
Ward Sliver : Nobody likes burned slivers. Protect yourself!
I can't believe you didn't mention Sliver Overlord - 7/7 for WUBRG that can tutor other slivers, and if you have the mana you can do it more than once. Awesome with homing sliver - home in, find the Overlord, drop, and later you can use him to tutor other stuff up.
For me my top 10, in no particular order...
Sliver Overlord
HMs to Essence Sliver, Toxin Sliver, Harmonic Sliver, Homing Sliver, Fury Sliver, Winged Sliver, Quick Sliver... ok, pretty much all the other slivers, except for Plague Sliver (the anti-sliver sliver) and some of the other cheapies (the artifact slivers, plated sliver, and the more "meh" ones, but they are almost all good).
In fact, the above Top-Ten list pretty much made up my old deck, along with Homing Sliver and Virulent Sliver, though half the time the Virulents were not needed - raw damage usually more than sufficed. If I had to pick one favorite sliver though - it would be Gemhide Sliver. Turning every sliver you have into a BoP is powerful, and in conjunction with Reflex Sliver and Sliver Queen, you could crank out slivers like no tomorrow.
For the swarm!
Commander
Ezuri, Renegade Leader (Aggro/Combo - Favorite)
Skullbriar, the Walking Grave (Sac and Grave hijinks)
Azusa, Lost but Seeking (Landfall hijinks)
Kaalia of the Vast (Heavily modded)
Standard
Waiting for Innistrad...
Extended
Hah!
Modern
Living End Cascade (RGB)
Legacy
Burn
Vintage
None
Casual
WB Aggro-Control
Green Stompy
Pink Floyd (UWr Wall Control)
Lunch Box (Fatty ramp)
D-Bag (White Control)
Level 13 Task Mage
4 Galerider Sliver (Flying)
4 Diffusion Sliver (cannot be the target of
spells unless opponent pays 2)
4 Manaweft (add one mana of any color)
4 Predatory (+1/+1)
4 Venom Sliver (Deathtouch)
2 Sentinel (Vigilance)
1 Sliver Hivelord
23 Creatures
4 Hive Stirrings
3 Return to the Ranks
2 Bident of Thassa
2 Obelisk of Urd
1 Setessan Tactics
1 Banishing Light
13 Spells
4 Sliver Hive
4 Mana Confluence
4 Mutavault
3 Breeding Pool
2 Yavimaya Coast
3 Temple Garden
3 Hallowed Fountain
1 Urborg
24 Lands
Your comments & suggestions are welcome
4 Galerider Sliver (Flying)
4 Diffusion Sliver (cannot be the target of spells unless opponent pays 2)
4 Manaweft (add one mana of any color)
4 Predatory (+1/+1)
4 Venom Sliver (Deathtouch)
2 Sentinel (Vigilance)
1 Sliver Hivelord
23 Creatures
1 Setessan Tactics
1 Banishing Light
4 Hive Stirrings
3 Return to the Ranks
2 Bident of Thassa
11 Spells
Artifacts
2 Obelisk of Urd
Lands
4 Sliver Hive
4 Mana Confluence
4 Mutavault
2 Yavimaya Coast
3 Temple Garden
3 Hallowed Fountain
1 Urborg
24 Lands total
Wow I absolutely love this sliver deck. Nice Use of Obelisk of Urd, Bident of Thassa, and Return to the Ranks.
However if it is 2015 standard it means manaweft slivir is rotating out soon when core 15 arrives, and this deck won't be quite playable.
They probably printed more slivers for casual play, sine they did not make a replacement for manaweft slivir or Gemhide Sliver.
I made a casual Naya Slivers Deck using cards from core 15 and 14, and it is pretty fun.
My Decks:
All my Decks are budget
EDH:GRWHazezon TamarGRW, RKazuul, Tyrant of the CliffsR, BMikaeus, the UnhallowedB, UTalrand, Sky SummonerU, GRXenagos, God of RevelsGR, BGPharika, God of AfflictionBG
Standard:BMono Black Control(devotion)B- retired
Casual:UWHeroicUW, UGWall tribalUG, BPhylactery LichB
Modern:UBAbyssal PersecutorUB, WKnight TribalW
Gemhide Sliver
Sliver Legion
Sidewinder Sliver
Mesmeric Sliver (I love fateseal, I hope this sliver makes it's appearance soon along with more fateseal cards)
Diffusion Sliver
Esssence Sliver
Crypt Sliver
Galerider Sliver
Sliver Hivelord
Galerider Sliver
Predatory Sliver/Sinew Sliver
Spined Sliver
Manaweft Sliver
Virulent Sliver
Clot Sliver
Necrotic Sliver
Firewake Sliver/Heart Sliver
Two-Headed Sliver
Thorncaster Sliver
Battle Sliver
Manaweft Sliver
Predatory Sliver
Lymph Sliver
Mesmeric Sliver
Homing Sliver
Megantic Sliver
Gemhide Sliver
Acidic Sliver
Heart Sliver
Muscle Sliver
Sliver Legion
Darkheart Sliver
Crystalline Sliver
Winged Sliver
Necrotic Sliver
Sliver Queen
Quick Sliver
Necrotic and Acidic are so much fun to play, especially if you run any reanimation effects. I've had opponents weep when confronting them. Heart Sliver and Muscle Sliver to me are the quintessential Slivers, the tried and true basic dudes. Loved them ever since I first saw them back in Tempest/Stronghold block. Legion is just sick. JUST sick. And of course the queen is, well, the queen. Try some of these cards with slivers and see how much fun you can have.
Doubling Chant
Descendants' Path
Heartstone
Let the fun run wild!
However if you really want to build slivers, Harmonic Sliver and Necrotic Sliver are pretty useful.
Honestly I think you could just put 30-36 random slivers together with the right mana base, and some Gemhide Slivers and be just fine.
Harmonic Sliver needs to be on here though.
I also like:
muscle sliver
harmonic sliver
gemhide sliver
virulent sliver
crypt sliver
If you were building one for multiplayer, how would you construct it
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SBC
Add a few mana rocks,protection spells and slivers that give reach(not the keyword but the ability to get across damage without direct combat) . Probably green for pump, mana fixing slivers, white for double-strike/vigilance and return to the ranks, red for haste/first strike/shock, and blue for the counterspell sliver, and i guess a sliver lord of some kind.
Black is probably the color to skip if any. And the most important is probably including a healthy serving of Green and White slivers since they are the best value.
My Decks:
All my Decks are budget
EDH:GRWHazezon TamarGRW, RKazuul, Tyrant of the CliffsR, BMikaeus, the UnhallowedB, UTalrand, Sky SummonerU, GRXenagos, God of RevelsGR, BGPharika, God of AfflictionBG
Standard:BMono Black Control(devotion)B- retired
Casual:UWHeroicUW, UGWall tribalUG, BPhylactery LichB
Modern:UBAbyssal PersecutorUB, WKnight TribalW
Major thanks to Traprootkami for the signature.
Currently Playing:
Legacy: Something U/W Controlish
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Dormant Sliver - The Engine
Psionic Sliver + Essence Sliver / Syphon Sliver - the Combo / Kill
Manaweft Sliver + Gemhide Sliver - the Mana
Crystalline Sliver / Hibernation Sliver + Diffusion Sliver - the Protection
Hibernation Sliver is especially cool with Dormant Sliver. Add in a haste enabling sliver such as Firewake Sliver (recommended over Heart Sliver so you can sacrifice Dormant Sliver) and you have a heck of an engine at your disposal.
Then stuff like Green Sun's Zenith / Homing Sliver to assemble parts you need.