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The First Sliver
Price tag $38.47

Legendary CreatureSliver

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How it feels to play against

Frustrating Can create feel-bad moments at the table.

Popularity

Format Staple Extremely popular, see it regularly at tables.

Ranking

#56 Current Rank
#70 Last Week
#66 Last Month

Videos

Commander gameplay videos featuring The First Sliver.

New Cards

Fresh cards from recent sets that players are experimenting with in The First Sliver decks.

Thrumming Hivepool Thrumming Hivepool
+56% Synergy $1.82
Vernal Fen Vernal Fen
0% Synergy $2.91
Command Bridge Command Bridge
-1% Synergy $0.14
Evendo, Waking Haven Evendo, Waking Haven
-1% Synergy $16.93
The Eternity Elevator The Eternity Elevator
-2% Synergy $2.36

High Synergy Cards

Cards that work exceptionally well with The First Sliver's abilities and overall game plan.

Cloudshredder Sliver Cloudshredder Sliver
+81% Synergy $2.50
Sliver Hivelord Sliver Hivelord
+81% Synergy $17.37
Gemhide Sliver Gemhide Sliver
+80% Synergy $0.91
Manaweft Sliver Manaweft Sliver
+80% Synergy $3.67
Harmonic Sliver Harmonic Sliver
+76% Synergy $0.97
Bonescythe Sliver Bonescythe Sliver
+75% Synergy $4.39
Crystalline Sliver Crystalline Sliver
+75% Synergy $2.17
Sentinel Sliver Sentinel Sliver
+74% Synergy $2.16
Shifting Sliver Shifting Sliver
+72% Synergy $2.27
Galerider Sliver Galerider Sliver
+72% Synergy $4.35

Top Cards

The most popular and reliable cards that form the backbone of successful The First Sliver decks.

Syphon Sliver Syphon Sliver
+72% Synergy $8.82
Diffusion Sliver Diffusion Sliver
+72% Synergy $3.56
Venom Sliver Venom Sliver
+71% Synergy $3.92
Sliver Legion Sliver Legion
+66% Synergy $65.06
Striking Sliver Striking Sliver
+66% Synergy $1.13
Quick Sliver Quick Sliver
+65% Synergy $2.65
Spiteful Sliver Spiteful Sliver
+65% Synergy $2.77
Crypt Sliver Crypt Sliver
+62% Synergy $1.62
Hibernation Sliver Hibernation Sliver
+62% Synergy $0.78
Necrotic Sliver Necrotic Sliver
+61% Synergy $0.32

Game Changers

Powerful cards that can single-handedly turn the tide of a game when resolved.

Worldly Tutor Worldly Tutor
+9% Synergy $23.45
Food Chain Food Chain
+5% Synergy $29.93
Cyclonic Rift Cyclonic Rift
+3% Synergy $46.53
Teferi's Protection Teferi's Protection
+3% Synergy $50.22
Rhystic Study Rhystic Study
+2% Synergy $49.29
Demonic Tutor Demonic Tutor
+1% Synergy $52.72
Vampiric Tutor Vampiric Tutor
0% Synergy $59.87
Force of Will Force of Will
-1% Synergy $61.91
Fierce Guardianship Fierce Guardianship
-2% Synergy $42.02
Chrome Mox Chrome Mox
-2% Synergy $103.74

Creatures

Essential creatures that complement The First Sliver's strategy through synergy, utility, or raw power.

Brood Sliver Brood Sliver
+60% Synergy $3.66
Sinew Sliver Sinew Sliver
+56% Synergy $0.44
Lavabelly Sliver Lavabelly Sliver
+56% Synergy $0.51
Synapse Sliver Synapse Sliver
+55% Synergy $4.46
Sliver Gravemother Sliver Gravemother
+52% Synergy $16.32
Megantic Sliver Megantic Sliver
+52% Synergy $1.17
Sliver Overlord Sliver Overlord
+52% Synergy $54.35
Two-Headed Sliver Two-Headed Sliver
+51% Synergy $0.40
Winged Sliver Winged Sliver
+51% Synergy $0.62
Hatchery Sliver Hatchery Sliver
+51% Synergy $12.04
Predatory Sliver Predatory Sliver
+50% Synergy $0.69
Heart Sliver Heart Sliver
+49% Synergy $1.02
Constricting Sliver Constricting Sliver
+49% Synergy $0.61
Muscle Sliver Muscle Sliver
+48% Synergy $1.03
Lazotep Sliver Lazotep Sliver
+47% Synergy $10.15
Blur Sliver Blur Sliver
+47% Synergy $2.43
Root Sliver Root Sliver
+45% Synergy $6.46
Virulent Sliver Virulent Sliver
+45% Synergy $0.31
Homing Sliver Homing Sliver
+44% Synergy $0.23
Might Sliver Might Sliver
+39% Synergy $0.41
Horned Sliver Horned Sliver
+38% Synergy $5.05
Realmwalker Realmwalker
+36% Synergy $2.05
Morophon, the Boundless Morophon, the Boundless
+32% Synergy $5.95
Essence Sliver Essence Sliver
+31% Synergy $6.54
Sliver Queen Sliver Queen
+28% Synergy $284.42
Pulmonic Sliver Pulmonic Sliver
+28% Synergy $1.36
Regal Sliver Regal Sliver
+28% Synergy $0.99
Taunting Sliver Taunting Sliver
+28% Synergy $2.20
Fury Sliver Fury Sliver
+25% Synergy $0.49
Ward Sliver Ward Sliver
+24% Synergy $0.78
Opaline Sliver Opaline Sliver
+23% Synergy $1.94
Firewake Sliver Firewake Sliver
+22% Synergy $0.46
Cleaving Sliver Cleaving Sliver
+22% Synergy $0.23
Clot Sliver Clot Sliver
+21% Synergy $0.35
Bonesplitter Sliver Bonesplitter Sliver
+21% Synergy $0.22
Dregscape Sliver Dregscape Sliver
+21% Synergy $0.38
Basal Sliver Basal Sliver
+20% Synergy $0.63
Magma Sliver Magma Sliver
+20% Synergy $8.52
Sedge Sliver Sedge Sliver
+19% Synergy $0.92
Leeching Sliver Leeching Sliver
+19% Synergy $0.76
Shadow Sliver Shadow Sliver
+19% Synergy $1.19
Hollowhead Sliver Hollowhead Sliver
+17% Synergy $0.30
Tempered Sliver Tempered Sliver
+17% Synergy $0.35
Toxin Sliver Toxin Sliver
+17% Synergy $3.42
Belligerent Sliver Belligerent Sliver
+15% Synergy $0.45
Capricious Sliver Capricious Sliver
+15% Synergy $0.44
Battering Sliver Battering Sliver
+15% Synergy $0.19
Thorncaster Sliver Thorncaster Sliver
+14% Synergy $1.39
Sidewinder Sliver Sidewinder Sliver
+13% Synergy $0.21
Hunter Sliver Hunter Sliver
+12% Synergy $0.53

Instants

Key instant-speed responses for protection, removal, and keeping The First Sliver safe.

For the Ancestors For the Ancestors
+21% Synergy $2.62
Heroic Intervention Heroic Intervention
+9% Synergy $9.75
Eladamri's Call Eladamri's Call
+7% Synergy $9.27
And They Shall Know No Fear And They Shall Know No Fear
+7% Synergy $10.37
Kindred Summons Kindred Summons
+6% Synergy $5.80
Brainstorm Brainstorm
+4% Synergy $1.34
Return of the Wildspeaker Return of the Wildspeaker
+3% Synergy $0.88
Despark Despark
+1% Synergy $0.37
Swords to Plowshares Swords to Plowshares
0% Synergy $1.28
Path to Exile Path to Exile
-1% Synergy $0.96
Mana Drain Mana Drain
-1% Synergy $44.85
Anguished Unmaking Anguished Unmaking
-1% Synergy $1.72
Assassin's Trophy Assassin's Trophy
-2% Synergy $2.35
Negate Negate
-2% Synergy $0.26
Generous Gift Generous Gift
-2% Synergy $0.73
Counterspell Counterspell
-4% Synergy $1.25
Beast Within Beast Within
-4% Synergy $0.83
Swan Song Swan Song
-4% Synergy $8.03
Enlightened Tutor Enlightened Tutor
-6% Synergy $37.00

Sorceries

Important sorcery spells that advance The First Sliver's game plan and control the board.

Distant Melody Distant Melody
+30% Synergy $0.51
Patriarch's Bidding Patriarch's Bidding
+25% Synergy $2.79
Farseek Farseek
+17% Synergy $0.73
Kindred Dominance Kindred Dominance
+17% Synergy $8.16
Nature's Lore Nature's Lore
+16% Synergy $1.99
Three Visits Three Visits
+16% Synergy $5.88
Profane Tutor Profane Tutor
+13% Synergy $3.80
Harsh Mercy Harsh Mercy
+13% Synergy $0.73
Cultivate Cultivate
+12% Synergy $0.54
Crippling Fear Crippling Fear
+11% Synergy $3.28
Ancestral Vision Ancestral Vision
+10% Synergy $0.31
Cleansing Nova Cleansing Nova
+9% Synergy $1.34
Blasphemous Act Blasphemous Act
+7% Synergy $1.85
Decimate Decimate
+7% Synergy $0.18
Windfall Windfall
+5% Synergy $4.82
Raise the Palisade Raise the Palisade
+5% Synergy $11.83
Hive Stirrings Hive Stirrings
+5% Synergy $0.19
Return from Extinction Return from Extinction
+5% Synergy $0.18
Inevitable Betrayal Inevitable Betrayal
+4% Synergy $0.53
Kodama's Reach Kodama's Reach
+3% Synergy $1.79
Rampant Growth Rampant Growth
+3% Synergy $0.37
Eerie Ultimatum Eerie Ultimatum
0% Synergy $4.36
Ruinous Ultimatum Ruinous Ultimatum
-1% Synergy $1.75
Skyshroud Claim Skyshroud Claim
-2% Synergy $0.89
Farewell Farewell
-2% Synergy $4.03

Utility Artifacts

Versatile artifacts that provide ongoing value, card selection, or strategic advantages.

Herald's Horn Herald's Horn
+35% Synergy $3.27
Vanquisher's Banner Vanquisher's Banner
+35% Synergy $3.26
Coat of Arms Coat of Arms
+16% Synergy $15.13
Door of Destinies Door of Destinies
+15% Synergy $6.08
Urza's Incubator Urza's Incubator
+10% Synergy $12.39
Icon of Ancestry Icon of Ancestry
+10% Synergy $0.42
Chimil, the Inner Sun Chimil, the Inner Sun
+7% Synergy $13.72
Banner of Kinship Banner of Kinship
+7% Synergy $4.98
Sensei's Divining Top Sensei's Divining Top
+3% Synergy $32.79
The One Ring The One Ring
-4% Synergy $82.60
Swiftfoot Boots Swiftfoot Boots
-7% Synergy $1.32
Lightning Greaves Lightning Greaves
-9% Synergy $4.54

Enchantments

Powerful enchantments that support The First Sliver's strategy and create lasting battlefield effects.

Reflections of Littjara Reflections of Littjara
+27% Synergy $1.29
Descendants' Path Descendants' Path
+25% Synergy $2.23
Kindred Discovery Kindred Discovery
+23% Synergy $3.86
Guardian Project Guardian Project
+15% Synergy $11.27
Mana Echoes Mana Echoes
+11% Synergy $36.15
Cryptolith Rite Cryptolith Rite
+9% Synergy $3.43
Elven Chorus Elven Chorus
+8% Synergy $2.23
Descendants' Fury Descendants' Fury
+7% Synergy $1.79
Intruder Alarm Intruder Alarm
+5% Synergy $2.90
Sylvan Library Sylvan Library
+4% Synergy $27.73
Training Grounds Training Grounds
+1% Synergy $4.36
Leyline of the Guildpact Leyline of the Guildpact
0% Synergy $4.64
Rhythm of the Wild Rhythm of the Wild
0% Synergy $4.24
Maelstrom Nexus Maelstrom Nexus
0% Synergy $1.36
Mystic Remora Mystic Remora
-2% Synergy $8.45
Mirari's Wake Mirari's Wake
-2% Synergy $6.31
Smothering Tithe Smothering Tithe
-6% Synergy $34.30

Utility Lands

Non-basic lands that offer additional utility beyond just mana production.

Three Tree City Three Tree City
+14% Synergy $19.49
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
-1% Synergy $8.83
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
-1% Synergy $49.13
Cascading Cataracts Cascading Cataracts
-3% Synergy $1.38
Boseiju, Who Endures Boseiju, Who Endures
-3% Synergy $30.50
Reliquary Tower Reliquary Tower
-12% Synergy $2.59

Mana Artifacts

Artifacts focused on mana acceleration and color fixing for consistent gameplay.

Pillar of Origins Pillar of Origins
+25% Synergy $0.54
Patchwork Banner Patchwork Banner
+14% Synergy $4.22
Fellwar Stone Fellwar Stone
+8% Synergy $1.34
Chromatic Lantern Chromatic Lantern
+7% Synergy $2.28
Arcane Signet Arcane Signet
+5% Synergy $0.52
Mox Tantalite Mox Tantalite
+5% Synergy $9.72
Sol Ring Sol Ring
+1% Synergy $1.24
Lotus Petal Lotus Petal
-1% Synergy $26.29
Timeless Lotus Timeless Lotus
-2% Synergy $12.73
Commander's Sphere Commander's Sphere
-3% Synergy $0.17
Chromatic Orrery Chromatic Orrery
-5% Synergy $33.91

Lands

The mana base foundation for The First Sliver decks, ensuring smooth and reliable mana development.

Sliver Hive Sliver Hive
+56% Synergy $16.73
Unclaimed Territory Unclaimed Territory
+42% Synergy $0.19
Secluded Courtyard Secluded Courtyard
+40% Synergy $0.22
Cavern of Souls Cavern of Souls
+28% Synergy $34.92
Path of Ancestry Path of Ancestry
+22% Synergy $0.15
Stomping Ground Stomping Ground
+13% Synergy $5.43
Watery Grave Watery Grave
+13% Synergy $7.60
Savage Lands Savage Lands
+13% Synergy $0.93
Breeding Pool Breeding Pool
+12% Synergy $7.34
Temple Garden Temple Garden
+12% Synergy $15.10
Overgrown Tomb Overgrown Tomb
+12% Synergy $15.88
Hallowed Fountain Hallowed Fountain
+12% Synergy $15.94
Jungle Shrine Jungle Shrine
+12% Synergy $0.26
Frontier Bivouac Frontier Bivouac
+12% Synergy $0.16
Steam Vents Steam Vents
+11% Synergy $18.21
Blood Crypt Blood Crypt
+11% Synergy $22.42
Sandsteppe Citadel Sandsteppe Citadel
+11% Synergy $0.17
Godless Shrine Godless Shrine
+10% Synergy $6.49
Sacred Foundry Sacred Foundry
+10% Synergy $7.76
Opulent Palace Opulent Palace
+10% Synergy $0.21
Seaside Citadel Seaside Citadel
+10% Synergy $0.33
Mystic Monastery Mystic Monastery
+9% Synergy $0.13
Cinder Glade Cinder Glade
+9% Synergy $0.26
Windswept Heath Windswept Heath
+8% Synergy $8.81
Nomad Outpost Nomad Outpost
+8% Synergy $0.23
Exotic Orchard Exotic Orchard
+7% Synergy $0.27
Misty Rainforest Misty Rainforest
+7% Synergy $27.41
Verdant Catacombs Verdant Catacombs
+7% Synergy $20.83
Wooded Foothills Wooded Foothills
+6% Synergy $13.58
Marsh Flats Marsh Flats
+6% Synergy $23.61
Arid Mesa Arid Mesa
+6% Synergy $26.74
Scalding Tarn Scalding Tarn
+6% Synergy $24.05
Bloodstained Mire Bloodstained Mire
+6% Synergy $13.64
Command Tower Command Tower
+5% Synergy $0.30
Flooded Strand Flooded Strand
+5% Synergy $13.93
Polluted Delta Polluted Delta
+5% Synergy $15.70
Forest Forest
+4% Synergy $0.06
Plains Plains
+4% Synergy $0.06
Mountain Mountain
+4% Synergy $0.06
Swamp Swamp
+4% Synergy $0.07
City of Brass City of Brass
+4% Synergy $18.89
Island Island
+3% Synergy $0.04
Spara's Headquarters Spara's Headquarters
+3% Synergy $11.21
Jetmir's Garden Jetmir's Garden
+3% Synergy $13.60
Ziatora's Proving Ground Ziatora's Proving Ground
+3% Synergy $7.62
Mana Confluence Mana Confluence
+3% Synergy $23.97
Indatha Triome Indatha Triome
+2% Synergy $17.54
Ketria Triome Ketria Triome
+1% Synergy $13.91
Zagoth Triome Zagoth Triome
+1% Synergy $19.90
The World Tree The World Tree
-5% Synergy $4.36

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