MTG - A Study In Slivers - A Guide To EDH / Commander Sliver Decks in Magic: The Gathering

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From deep within the cavernous belly of Rath, to the bloodied laboratory of the Riptide Project, spreading even so far as the distant Eastern Shores on the rogue plane of Shandalar...there's one commander that is feared by all others, at that is the commander of the Slivers.
Although there are several Legendary Slivers, Sliver Overlord is the clear choice for Commander. 5 mana for a 7/7 is nothing compared to his ability to tutor for slivers. The ability to grab the specific sliver you need for the specific situation that you are in, and continue doing so, even multiple times per turn, is the ultimate in toolkit decks.
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[@Isheian]

Wouldn’t mind an update with all the new cards!

[@jarltryggvi]

Bro, Kaldheim reworked my Sliver Deck almost entirely. Spiteful Sliver now works as a kill opponent button with Hivelord in play, because Orvar the All-Form allows you to copy Spiteful Sliver multiple times

[@nicolasfurger1032]

Yes please!

[@burningpapersun1]

@@jarltryggvi God now I'm going to have to do that.

[@somemooshycheezballz4619]

@@burningpapersun1 same I’m just making my sliver deck for the first time and I’m excited but cards are getting expensive

[@burningpapersun1]

@@somemooshycheezballz4619 my sliver deck cracked a grand when i finally put fetchlands in it. I'm just lacking a Sliver Queen.

[@SpectrumHazard]

God, watching this video, as someone who doesn't play Slivers, is terrifying.

[@sungross]

Prepare to face total annihilation from my future slivers!

[@ericparham1086]

+Sung Hong I just built this deck, and it is off the walls insane.

[@sungross]

+Eric Parham I know right? Even in pauper format, slivers are crazy good aggro against even regular standard decks.

[@ScornfulEg0tist]

+Richard Rominger Slivers are nasty. I occasionally pit my edh decks against each other, and whenever I randomly pair one with my slivers I basically consider it to be a boss fight. Sliver mid to endgame is overwhelmingly broken, since all your creatures are usually giant unblockable vampire nighthawks with shroud and double strike.

[@ericparham1086]

Sung Hong I recently modified the deck and gave all of my slivers lifelink and deathtouch.

[@marcushart4445]

Sees legion at 50 and Queen at 42 “Yup that’s expensive isn’t it prof?”

[@halla1rw]

Glad I bought my copies 7 years ago when they were 40 each used.

[@chudrustler]

Yeah

[@LeoInterVir]

Yup I got those cards a bit ago for less. I need to go through what I have.

[@midnogreen8405]

@@LeoInterVir for less???? Here in europe sliver queen is 250+

[@LeoInterVir]

@@midnogreen8405 if I didn't enjoy slivers I'd sell them for profit.

[@Szszszszszszszszsz]

Slivers was my first Commander deck. One thing I particularly enjoy about them is that they remind me of the alien franchise aliens. Sort of a fantasy version of those. On the other hand, they win so much that it's not that fun playing against them and these days I only play them against decks that all my other decks fail against. They are sort of my last resort deck. But they sure are fun to play with. Also: best wishes from Poland, Professor. I find both your voice and your manner of speaking soothing. Like a massage for my soul.

[@noisepollution4473]

This is the first video of yours that I've watched, and I must say that I appreciate the fact that you don't expect your viewers to have infinite money like a lot of people making deck techs seem to. Thanks!

[@jaxo6226]

THIS IS EXPENSIVE AS HELL!!!! i've only counted 25 cards

[@anthonykoenig8901]

You don't need anything but the overlord. The rest are icing on top. The rest do whatever you want as most are 1 to 3 mana.

[@MichaelTheNinthOne]

I'd love it if you duel with Josh and Jimmy from Commandzone again bring a sliver deck

[@Chiefkid20]

Enthusiastically seconded! Granded, he'll be a clear target from the get-go, but it'd be worth it.

[@Beaver_Rapsmith]

I'd watch that

[@hermodnitter3902]

And now, include "The First Sliver". Hope you got your Sliver Queen already :)

[@Thoughtmage100]

I'm not gonna bother running Sliver Queen unless I can get one for cheap. I can use The First Sliver with some tech choices to make it more reliable than Queen anyway.

[@knightr9435]

@@Thoughtmage100 you can get an altered art of Sliver Queen for 6 dollars if you plan on only playing casually

[@panic5306]

@@Thoughtmage100 my local FLGS got a hold of Overlord, hive lord, and the first sliver and wanted 20 for each. Best 60 bucks I spent in my entire life

[@DDNEV]

I would run the sliver that says "All slivers gain Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless it's controller pays 2". It makes lightning bolt, mugging, or any other pesky targeted removal cost 2 more. It definitely buys time.

[@Wilwhelm]

I believe this is called the Diffusion Sliver. its a 2 drop too its amazing!

[@magnusprime10]

There are two types of players: Those who use Armageddon and those who don't. haha

[@ReyBlanco216]

Milton Woo got hit with one last night while running this very deck. before I had the ramp slivers =/

[@ottovonbismarck7646]

And there's also those who don't play white.

[@Tupiaz]

Why play Armageddon when you can play Jokulhaups!?

[@failmaster69]

My favorite memory of using Armageddon was when my opponent exiled my avacyn angel of hope then wipe my board so in return. I wiped out all his mana

[@MrH567]

I have to say Prof, as always, when i'm in doubt of my hive i come back to this video to see if i have strayed from the path. I have crushed many a deck with my Overlord. I am feared by many, hated by many more. The hive lives on. Love -One devoted fan of the Prof and of the sliver hive.

[@Dad_Taku]

One of the fun things that my buddy runs in his sliver commander is an intruder alarm so that he could go off infinite

[@FlourEater]

watching MTG vids with nostalgia... I´ve stopped with MTG around Mercadian Masque edition, veteran from the Alpha and Beta edition. Nice to see Slivers still going strong !

[@johnnyscifi]

Theyre not really going strong. The last set they were printed in was Time Spiral. 2006-07...:p

[@Burgerkingaka]

+johnnyscifi You're forgetting m15

[@ThePokeDemon]

+Aire Valor and m14 too

[@Building2000]

I have been building this deck sense I first started magic. I love my slivers with a passion. its such an amazing commander deck.

[@OrochiDoesMincraft]

I know right they are so fun. I'm still building mine.

[@jamesmoore1317]

@@OrochiDoesMincraft Slivers is one of the first commander tribals I wanted to make after I got some from Modern Horizons but I didn't have enough to make it work even with changelings. :( but then Time Spiral Remastered came out and now I have too many slivers to choose from! :D I use the hivelord and, yeah, indestructible slivers are insane. What is that golgari deck? No exile based removal and not enough sacrificed based removal to make a difference? I had to put the deck aside as too powerful for most games (in a 1v1 pairing).

[@dominicsevilla1189]

My cousin gave me a sliver deck to have when I started and absolutely loved it. This helps a lot. I also love the music for this video. Very ominous for slivers

[@mund.8529]

This video inspired me to build my first commander deck all those years ago, and while it's currently retired, I can't wait to sleeve it up again with the additions from Commander Masters :) Would love to see an update, especially after seeing the deck still exists in your triple sleeving guide!

[@bughouse1521]

Me watching this trying to build a sliver commander deck: “Wow! Look at all those good commanders! I want all of them in a deck! I mean sure the commanders cost around $50 each but that is not so bad!” *Googles sliver queen for sale* “Ahhhhhhhh!”

[@halla1rw]

And only because of Modern Horizons 1. You could buy them both for roughly 40 each used for the last 7 years before that came out.

[@JohnnyYeTaecanUktena]

It's not so bad....years ago i got the Japanese Sliver Queen for $40 USD these days it is just about the same price as the English one while back then the English one was around $100 USD so yeah till people caught on about buying different languages being cheaper i was lucky. These days it is actually about half the price of the English one so still a good deal

[@Samagachi]

You could try making morophon the boundless your commander. Change his type to sliver and suddenly every legendary sliver’s mana cost is 0.

[@crypticmrchimes]

Thanks, for the video, Professor. My one suggestion would have been to add in Patriarch's Bidding. Since it's a Sliver tribal deck, your most likely going to profit the most from it, even against other tribal decks.

[@naughtscribe]

This deck looks like SO much fun! I'm trying for a mono-red goblin deck right now, but I love how this is almost the exact opposite side of the scale. Excellent deck tech. Thanks again, Prof!

[@jessewski]

I freaking love Slivers, so much! This made me really happy to see.

[@Tedurbin202]

Another suggestion I have in my Sliver EDH are all ten gates in addition to maze's end. It let's you fetch up mazes when you need them, and is in itself a win condition if the need arises. Also, Amulet of Vigor can help budget builds with their land bases, and has a nice bonus of shutting down obnoxious cards like frozen aether or Urabrask, the hidden.

[@DCAMM720]

This deck certainly looks fun to play. I'm a huge fan of slivers. It also doesn't look to be unfair and shouldn't be TOO hated out in playgroups. But how COMPETITIVE do you think this deck is in your experience? I see a lot of insane combo decks running around that this deck might have trouble dealing with.

[@MrWhatever647]

Finally, an actual guide! My first sliver deck wasn't bad, but now I know how to actually use and fix my sliver commander deck. Thanks professor!

[@pauljohnson3317]

I just assembled this deck! Very stoked to go and play edh tonight! Thanks Professor!

[@rockwarlock9573]

Would you consider sedge sliver a decent addition since is has power boost and regen?

[@Lumpyrox1412]

Well...i've been looking into Commander as the format i want to make my primary focus in Magic and i think you just sold the idea of running Slivers to me. They seem quirky (which is part of my own personal touch) and still mighty dangerous. Plus getting to be the guy everyone points their guns at first is rather thrilling~

[@GudHunterYT96]

Lumpyrox It’s fun till you face another sliver deck and it’s a race to the first one to drop their overlord and kill the others 😂

[@JohnnyYeTaecanUktena]

@@GudHunterYT96 more fun if you drop something to give your stuff hexproof then drop your overlord stealing theirs

[@GudHunterYT96]

@@JohnnyYeTaecanUktena couple years late lol

[@JohnnyYeTaecanUktena]

@@GudHunterYT96 nah not really lol

[@innapropriateshow]

I must say, great video. This channel has quickly become my favorite source for mtg.

[@bradgreco6973]

Dude I absolutely love your videos on deck ideas. I built your Karametra deck and I love it. You are my favorite go to for EDH deck ideas

[@Narutorocksbeleiveit]

+Tolarian Community College because I'm a terrible human being and saw this, would you recommend throwing a ghostflame Sliver (all slivers are colorless) and an Ugin, the Spirit Dragon combo in the deck. it seems ridiculous, but if Ugin is in your hand you can tutor for the ghostflame and drop ugin to use his -7 and wipe most of the opponent's board with no repercussions, correct?

[@Narutorocksbeleiveit]

Isn't it

[@imsorrydave9000]

Genius

[@thedoctor559]

There will be one issue, The second you pull out Sliver Overlord ever again it'll always be Archenemy. But it probably was anyway so... genius.

[@Ratstail91]

I'd like to try a sliver deck one day, and I'm slowly collecting them via pucatrade. When I finally try it, I want to have the 10 Ravnica gates, + Maze's End. P.S. The big problem with Commander is that if your deck is too powerful, then nobody wants to play with you; I'd lay this sliver deck qualifies.

[@jamesmoore1317]

Yeah, I had to set mine aside as too strong for most games :P

[@nickwayfinder8548]

i dont you'll ever see this professer, but i started playing MTG around 10. My dad introduced me and brother to the wonderful world of MTG. The day I say my first sliver i've always wanted to play them. Today i orded all the cards for the deck aside for the lands as i already have them or better ones, but thank you for making this amazing list. I'm 19 now and this 9 years of MTG have been the best. I hope one day to play against you.

[@sebastiancoe4708]

I've been thinking about making a sliver deck and this is just what I need to get started, thank you !

[@MrGorerider187]

I made my girlfriend a sliver deck for her birthday.... Instant regret D:

[@panic5306]

My friend taught me how to play magic. He then proceeded to gift me his sliver deck. Without slivers magic would not be the same for me.

[@Sylvian]

I use Vivid lands in my Sliver EDH. I think they are better than tri-lands, because for 2 usages they function as 5 colored mana. Which most of the time is enough to push me to turn 5-6, where I have either a full mana spectrum or a Gemhide /Manaweft Sliver on board.

[@MetPhD]

Thank you! Finally someone else with the vivids!

[@giggles69]

Really digging the commander focused videos you're making! Really hope you make more videos like this in the future! Keep up the good work Tolarian :)

[@vballbadandy1]

Love your take on the sliver deck. I got into commander a few years ago and the first deck I made was slivers. The biggest problem Ive found, which you did touch on, is that I am usually the target as soon as my friends see me put the overlord into my commander zone. in place of psionic sliver, I prefer to run screeching sliver as my non attacking win condition. Even though its not as practical, I love watching my friends faces as they mill all their strongest cards away

[@GoatOfTheMountains]

The Vivid lands are another decent mana fix, for on the cheap. I usually find I'm in a more comfortable place mana wise by the time the 2nd counter is gone, if I even have to consider that at all.

[@MrMaster90]

I also like how the Vivid lands enable Reflecting Pool, which should also go in the deck. I'm glad Conspiracy reduced the price on it.

[@GoatOfTheMountains]

Good catch.

[@fyiicheckforspies]

MrMaster90 I never thought of that combo, thanks!

[@arsonedaxe8466]

Love the lair lands

[@sandwichboy1268]

I used to run all 5 Vivids in my sliver deck, but my mana base turned out to be good enough that the only things the vivids did above basics is enter tapped and sit there with counters on them.

[@candle1987]

wow im so glad i collected slivers when i did i have all of these guys

[@Sawfty]

I would love to see an update to this! Now that it's been 7 years and so many new cards have come in, I can only imagine how it has changed!

[@blitzwing85]

The music is so sinister...really loved this video. It was very informative on where to start with a sliver edh.

[@leetwizard7029]

Would you replace the Panoramas with the Khans of Tarkir tri-lands?

[@kenpatchiramasama1076]

YUS USE ALL TEH TRILANDS

[@leetwizard7029]

Kenpatchi Ramasama USE THE QATLANDS OUTLANDST I DON'T KNOW SNOTRT

[@Gurwazer]

Great video Tolarian!

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

Daneel Rakow Thanks!

[@JoeGamingA]

Hey tolarian I love your videos and please tell me how you got the idea for the name "tolarian"

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

Joe Ainsworth From one of the most powerful and broken (banned in just about everything) cards: gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=8883 Now, we're not the Academy here, but we do have a very nice certificate program...

[@JoeGamingA]

Ah I see well keep doing what your doing please

[@uberwow13]

Tolarian Community College and someone's rebuilding it well :)

[@Phantomlight26]

Your examinations always fascinate me.

[@brentonoliver5169]

I'd like to say thank you for this video. Because of this, I've been able to play EDH finally because I've always had trouble building 100 card decks. Thanks to your core list, I was able to create my first EDH that actually works and synergizes.

[@penor4904]

Can you do one for Myrs? I've been making one and I want to improve it

[@penor4904]

XToverdrive Tribal Myrs work great in commander, mine has been more then enough to stop most other decks. You can see my deck list at tapped out; my name on there is Penores.

[@penor4904]

XToverdrive check out my deck on tapped out. My account name is Penores. It should show you that making a commander deck based around Myrs is very possible and it works fantastic in practice.

[@captaint1153]

What no one get the title reference? A Study in Scarlet? Anyone?

[@MetPhD]

I missed it, and regret missing it - thank you for the enlightenment!

[@cuzinevil1]

l built my sliver deck back in the days of stronghold. It rocked back then. Now with the new slivers out I'm sure I could build one that's damn near unbeatable. Thanks for the run through, I may just head down to the card shop tomorrow.

[@lahojaqueflota]

This is awesome! I don't play MTG anymore but when I did I always wanted to build Slivers. If i ever get back into it, hopefully I can make something like this! Keep it up!

[@McSuilenroc]

Hey Tol, where would I buy this stuff? It would cost me loads to get all cards shipped separately, because I live in Denmark. The shipping costs for one magic card only, and I four-star you not, is 3 dollars. That would be really expensive, Is there anyway I can order the entire thing.

[@ClosedOpenness]

I don't know of any one place to buy a completed set. I would look at getting one bulk purchase go to starcity games or another reputable MTG site that allows you to buy singles. Perhaps look at EU countries that have companies that sell mtg singles?

[@bsteven93]

Try tcgplayer.com if you are going to by in bulk. They are truly a god sent when it comes to buying multiples since they have a special offer for magic the gather with certain partners that you can get off with no shipping costs. I just purchased this EDH deck with Queen and Legion plus a few others for a beautiful $230. with only $.10 of shipping costs!

[@kurtilein3]

cardmarket.com is strong in the EU, shipping prices are low, and you will find vendors who have several different slivers and useful cards so you can bundle. Or buy the sliver deck from the premium deck series, its an all-foil preconstructed deck with plenty of useful slivers.

[@MirageDragonMyrgon]

Question. Why did you pick Fury Sliver over Bonescythe Sliver? I would think the difference in power and toughness would be negligent given the number anthem slivers there are, and is more than made up for by being 2 cheaper to cast. Also...how about the Hellrider sliver? (Thorncaster, I believe?)

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

MirageDragonMyrgon Er...uh...because I was testing you. Yes! Yes! You passed. Congrats. My not including the better Bonescythe sliver was absolutely intentional. /quickly updates list

[@MirageDragonMyrgon]

Tolarian Community College haha Fair enough. Glad I passed! ;)

[@weareroger]

Counterpoint: fury sliver actually looks like a damn sliver and not supersword arm tentacle dreadsman.

[@hotaruasmaria7504]

Roger Mexico agreed. I would choose any of sliver over new. Looks alone is enough for me.

[@JohnnyYeTaecanUktena]

@@weareroger counter counter point: the only good looking one is Thicc Sliv-er i mean Diffusion Sliver. Why did they make it the only one to look female?

[@Sorschy]

great video! Love the idea, slivers were made for commander! Beautiful box as well!

[@NachobrotherReborn]

Nice idea for a commander deck, i was watching this video to get an idea to build back up another sliver deck normal standard, this really helped me alot of the different types of slivers contributing in the mana factors, thank you

[@smashtastic_gorrila3724]

GO SLIVERS!!! YEAH!!!

[@chrisgebben2043]

"fury sliver" no no no "Bonescythe Sliver" is the correct one for double strike enable it cost 2 less than fury "Victual sliver" wrong again "Darkheart Sliver" is the correct one it may be one life less but its the same cmc and its free to sacrifice your slivers also diffusion sliver is fantasic defense thats cheap it gives all slivers spell pierce protection and if you have karraks thumb playing frenetic sliver might come in handy but not recommended and theres a budget alternative to shifting sliver and its just as good iand its 1 mana less ts called "shadow sliver" it gives slivers shadow and ghostflame sliver is considered a hidden gem that can get slivers past the color protection permanents most particually the swords oh even though its a old video its not as budget as it uset to be

[@daniellawson3893]

Just got back into magic and have had hours of fun playing this deck online. Thanks for a great and affordable deck. With such a huge card pool it's pretty daunting to get in to things.

[@jhoku1]

I have start to make sliver edh and this video is good advices to what cards put in deck. Thanks prof making this kind a videos.

[@8RavenJoker8]

I must have some sort of dyslexia or what, I swear that until I heard Professor said 'Sliver' I read 'Silver' on cards before, even in the video title

[@Nanofuture87]

Does Wild Pair actually work well with this deck? By the time you bring it out, you've probably pumped up your mass of slivers to the point where it won't be able to target much (since it checks Power/Toughness of the initial creature after it comes into play). P.S. We want a Sliver planeswalker. The hive demands it!

[@therealcatdied]

+Nanofuture87 nicole bolas is great in a sliver deck

[@christianvaneeden7460]

Karn Liberated. On flavour, and it's KARN LIBERATED!!

[@jeffrains495]

A little late of a reply, but it does very well with the right setup. You need a haste granting sliver, a sliver that lets you tap a sliver for mana and dormant sliver. It is best to start this without any power/toughness boosting slivers as it messes with things a bit. So you cast a sliver with all the previously mentioned slivers and wild pair on the field. You search for another sliver and put it into play. you draw 2 from the dormant, tap the two slivers for mana and repeat as long as you have the mana to play the next one you draw. It isn't infinite but it can sometimes seem that way.

[@supersaiyan5cleo]

Nanofuture87 One, I thought it would work well until one sliver messed that up: steelform sliver. That +0/+1 is all you need to make a mistake. Two, YES! Minds thinking alike. We need a Sliver Planeswalker...*cough*SliverDeity*cough*

[@cry0fth3carr0ts]

[primal surge] is game over with slivers. I just built "this" deck today. great video!!

[@ninjanick7369]

Great Video! I can't wait to try out this type of deck!

[@ProtagonistOfficial]

I feel like the music in this video was slightly to sinister.

[@AndyThomson03]

Protagonist That's cause Slivers are evil and satanic and wrong... That's why I'm working on acquiring 58 Relentless Rats for my Commander Deck. Nothing like 58 57/57 Rats just a chillin.

[@legoyoda9026]

Andrew Thomson just wait till someone cast counterbore

[@joeleopard6729]

Protagonist it's for slivers...did you expect anything else? Haha

[@sierrasanders1048]

you mean "too" sinister not "to".

[@johnnyscifi]

Is the Overlord better than the Queen?

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

+johnnyscifi Yes, by far, unless you are trying for a combo win.

[@johnnyscifi]

+Tolarian Community College Pretty sure i have a Queen in my rares binder...

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

+johnnyscifi The Queen is worth quite a lot of money at the moment too.

[@Winterhe4rt]

+johnnyscifi just watch the VERY first 2 minutes of the video. he answers this exact question there... >__>'

[@christophercombs7561]

I would argue that all 4 of the legendary slivers have almost equal standing sliver queen can easily go infinite hivelord makes all slivers durable legion makes them all retardedly huge overlord can tutor for any of the formerly mentioned lords

[@lukasbubliauskas]

This was super helpful! I really want to play Sliver cards now! It’s like a colored, cheaper, more efficient version of Eldrazi! I really liked this video! Keep up the awesome work Prof!

[@xxshadow234xx]

Just wanna say I love you videos. I started watching a little more then 2 weeks ago. Keep up the fantastic work!

[@player2aj]

New lands in Khans :D

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

player2aj I know! So excited!

[@MirokuMonge]

Guys, im a Brazilian player and i crafted this deck, played several times and it's working wonders deckstats.net/decks/61977/455973-commander-sliver-overlord of course, the base idea came from this Tolarian Community College video, using their thoughts on this particular commander i went and changed some cards for more synergy and tempo gain, i would like to have your comments on it and last but not least i want to thank the Tolarian Community College for this great video on this awesome tribal that is Slivers.

[@denispellerin2815]

Thank you so much for this video. I always wanted to get into edh and this is exactly what I want to play. Also love the music in the vid. Keep up the great work tcc

[@hubcam210]

Bravo.☺ I was aware of the slivers but was never really interested. This Video was both compelling and informative!! Well done!!!

[@bobbybob8909]

must be a pain in the ass to remember every single sliver ability on every single sliver

[@arsonedaxe8466]

Ike

[@supersaiyan5cleo]

bobby bob unlike most players, I can remember each ability for each sliver off the bat.

[@jorgel.quiroz8862]

bobby bob as a Scion of the Ur-Dragon EDH player I know it isn't impossible, just a little bit annoying when you realized you forgot a decent ability for 2 seconds.

[@justsomeguy3159]

Write it down.

[@semitangent]

Why would anyone play Slivers? They suc... ALL HAIL THE SLIVER OVERLORD!

[@damionroyse5803]

Terrific Sliver deck! Thanks for sharing. I'm going to proxy it and slowly buy the cards if I like how it plays. Excited to use it against my EDH friends!

[@mtganimemiikefan]

Love the video,the presentation was excellent;i hope to see more of these!

[@Butterworthy]

Why do people not play Living Death? It's literally a trump card with slivers. If the game runs long and/or people have been loading your graveyard with your hard played slivers, Living Death will end the game in an instant.

[@Narutorocksbeleiveit]

because of things that prevent graveyard return, exile graveyards and other things.

[@Narutorocksbeleiveit]

and there's a sliver in there that puts them on top of the library instead of grave

[@Butterworthy]

WildMan There are things that prevent and/or counter literally everything in magic. That doesn't mean you shouldn't use that strategy just because *something* counters it. That's like saying you shouldn't play Tarmogoyf because it dies to removal.

[@Narutorocksbeleiveit]

It's not like saying that at all. You're looking at things through a narrow perspective, not the grand scheme. While living death is, indeed, a good card, it's not a staple and takes up a spot in the deck where there at least 3-4 other cards that do the same thing but better and faster.

[@Butterworthy]

WildMan There are exactly two cards in Magic that do what Living Death does, and the other is the star of a tier 1 deck in Modern that doesn't work as well in Commander. Slivers get tons of hate in Commander, and most of everything you toss out will be nuked from orbit ASAP. Living Death is basically a "you win" card if your slivers have haste.

[@ClearSkiesAndSqualls]

Super cool deck. I'll have to re-look at this when I jump into Commander.

[@OrochiDoesMincraft]

Going back to watching this video after building my Sliver Commander deck and I have to say I fully agree with the Prof.'s choice for Overlord as a Commander. He is a must have in all Sliver decks. I'm still building it too.

[@Chrysaries]

Coming back in preparation for The First Sliver you immediately notice how far TCC has come in quality!

[@ralph-im-a-star-wars-wiggum]

I have been playing Magic for only a month or two. My wife got a Jace deck and I got Ajani. Just played my first prerelease yesterday too (4 wins out of 12 games) which was interesting. But a couple weeks in, I was watching youtube videos on how to build decks and I fell in love with the idea of a sliver deck. I bought it. And my wife refuses to play against it. I added Harmonic to counter artifacts that were played against me with success. I'm told however that if I started going to Friday Night Magic at the game store with it, it would likely not fare well due to there being a lot of counter stuff against it. I will probably try at least once. I also recently heard about the commander format and watched a video of you playing it. That looks like a very fun and entertaining format. I saw Slivers and Commander together in this video and now that's what I want to do. Thank you for your channel and your content. I have been watching a lot of your stuff as I learn to play this game and you have been extremely helpful. Especially when describing formats, gameplay, and synergies among cards and colors and guilds. I hope you keep it up and you can be sure I'll be watching.

[@robinsheridan7164]

Please, please Professor, give the people what they want! A new Sliver deck video after the Modern Horizon slivers!

[@steftuuk2729]

I hope the professor does a upgrade video on the new sliver pre con would love to see that. after ordering it I ran over to rewatch this video

[@obeycelestia]

My friend runs Overlord and it's terrifying when the next turn is a lot of times a Crystalline and I have to pray to race or wait for a wrath. It's an awesome deck and I love the challenge. Thanks for posting the rationale-- sometimes it's hard to keep everything in mind when there's 99 cards you have to fit together!

[@chadcrowley7627]

I just watched the video and I really loved it I've been thinking about making a Sliver commander deck but I don't have a lot of those slivers but I can try and collect them. Thanks for the video I'll probably be watching it a bunch more times😀

[@redsilvergriffin153]

I like this style of video. I wish you could this style more often.

[@averagejoebro5206]

I would love to see a video where you go over the top cards or just your favorites in your collection. I havnt been here long so sorry if you already have and I've missed it (you don't have to include a foiled stormcrow)

[@lucasneufeld2705]

Thank you for your opinion on slivers !!! it really is helpful to get another opinion.

[@Zestmistergamer]

watching this video taught me how to play 5 color allies in edh, so thank you prof.

[@lordrot20]

This is a awesome video, because i was wondering on how i was going to make my sliver commander deck

[@Studog619]

Me watching this video in 2024 after paying $265 for a sliver queen 🫡

[@internetperson8224]

Proxies brother… mines holo and cost me under a dollar…

[@hyperz_vv990]

Against his better advice I’m still using hivelord as my commander in 2024. Ways and means.

[@theevileyeduelist8144]

Absolutely loved this video, very helpful and informative professor

[@romainleonardy9380]

I remember playing Slivers back in the late 90s :D

[@lazavtheinfinitegyre9765]

I think that megantic sliver could be nice in here. Great video!

[@kerith666]

Amazing video, can't wait for more!

[@theartificer3053]

I love that music. It suits slivers so well and I would love for WOTC to make a block based on Shandalar.

[@Shoobadon52]

Your videos are excellent, great work Professor!

[@GoatOfTheMountains]

Gotta love Necrotic Sliver. I have them in a 5 color sliver deck as well as my main Orzhov deck. Lots of good interweaving synergy w/ Deathbringer Liege, and Cauldron Haze.

[@ethican2]

so, I have a sliver edh deck and I have a budget solution for dual lands. you can use the spell into the north from coldsnap along with the snow duals to fix your mana, Into the north also can fetch snow basic lands and scrying sheets and mouth of ronum. for basic card advantage and tool box effect for land-based creature removal. the whole snow package would be an easy include and give some variety. I also tend to prioritize green mana in order to make sure I can have access to manaweft or gemhide. I love your videos.

[@Typhosion]

I can't wait to be able to build this for EDH. I found a card shop that actually selling Overlord Sliver. I have Hivelord Sliver, so the most expensive cards are out of the way.

[@shadikal12345]

Well now, time to do some searching. I have the bulk of the Slivers listed here, just a few needed but for me it's always been the lands that were troubling. Thanks so much for these cheaper alternatives which I'm still going to have a rough time finding.

[@oliverupdyke1429]

i have just started building this deck and i built a scion of the ur dragon deck based on your vids. thx!

[@vesleengen]

I collected every sliver i could find back in the day so i had a huge pile of them. This was back in the Legions days though so nice to see more slivers have come along. Back then trying to play Slivers was a nightmare.. Mana was almost hopeless as there was so little things other then some elfs and expensive dual lands to speed it up. I recently got back into Magic and I'm trying to learn commander and maybe now it's time to find the slivers again as >I already have most of the cards here..

[@TheLoneWoodElf]

I used to play slivers a lot back in the day, I might proxy this deck and try it!

[@ninjanick1010]

Here in 2017. Awesome video. Thank you for all the ideas