MTG Salvation

So our playgroup started playing more EDH and less constructed formats so the next logical step was to build a horde deck. We talked for a little bit and rather than the traditional zombies we decided to go a little bit more esoteric and ended up deciding on the forever hated Slivers

Now without further adieu, here's the deck list:



Rules for this deck (they're mostly the same as a standard horde, but check 'em out for the few differences):

Horde VS Survivors

Survivors get a set number of setup turns, then the game begins. You can adjust the number of setup turns to adjust difficulty. This Horde is built to do battle with EDH decks as most EDH decks are able to produce very powerful creatures, however you can use any deck against this horde. Banlist is in progress, feel free to suggest why cards should/shouldn't be included. This banlist is in addition to the standard EDH banlist. If you have a card from the banlist in your deck, simply cycle that card (exile and re-draw) rather than try to rebuild your deck for this format.

Setup Turns:
1-2 players - 4 setup turns
3-4 players - 3 setup turns
5-6 players - 2 setup turns

Life Totals:
1-2 players - 40
3-4 players - 30
5-6 players - 20

HORDE TURN
The Horde's turn goes like this:

UNTAP
UPKEEP
DRAW
COMBAT

END STEP

SURVIVORS TURN
The Survivors' turn is exactly the same as a regular game of magic, however all survivors must execute their actions simultaneously (similar to a 2HG game), and cannot move on from one step to the next until all players are finished. Ex. 3 player game, P2 cannot announce attackers because P1 and P3 are still casting sorceries and creatures.


General Horde Rules (you can use these rules for any horde):

Horde v. Planeswalker Rules (refer to these rules if the survivors cast any planeswalkers):

Sliver Horde Rules (these rules are specific to this horde):
FAQ about this deck:

Sounds pretty interesting. However, with so many vanilla slivers, the horde could get out of hand to quick to make it worth while. How has it been while testing? By the way, Oak Street Innkeeper should be eliminated on account of it not being a Sliver.

I also see no reason why it can't be a singleton deck (to keep in with the flavor of commander) except for the vanilla sliver being more than one. Here's my take on it:

Survive the Hive:


Game setup:
Shuffle all the cards except for the 3 bosses. Make 3 piles from the shuffled cards: a 32-card pile, a 32-card pile, and a 33-card pile. Beneath the first face-down pile, a face-up Sliver Legion that will enter play when the other cards have been cast or milled. Beneath the second face-down pile, a face-up Sliver Overlord that will enter play when the other cards have been cast or milled. Beneath the last face-down pile, a face-up Sliver Queen that will enter play when the other cards have been cast or milled.

Rules:

• Sliver Overlord uses its first ability once before The Hive's attack step to search the remaining pile for a Sliver card and put it into play.
• Sliver Queen uses its ability twice for each survivor before The Hive's attack step.
• Damage to The Hive is milled.
• The Hive doesn't lose as a result of not having any creatures in play, only by having no creatures in play and no cards remaining in the piles.
• Sliver creatures controlled by other players don't affect nor are affected by The Hive's Sliver creatures.
• If a vanilla Sliver is played, keep playing a card until a lord Sliver is played.
• The survivor team loses if all members lose. Conversely, the entire team wins if at least one player survives.
• Each survivor may start the game with up to 3 Hero cards.

What do you think about my suggestions? At least the name (Survive the Hive) is awesome, if I do say so myself

Well, with the new M15 spoilers, we are shown some many potentially epic cards for the horde.
So get your multiplayer, mass-removal spell saturated decks! It's time to Survive the Hive!