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The First Sliver
Legendary Creature — Sliver · WUBRG
Color identity: Black · Green · Red · Blue · White
The First Sliver is black, green, red, blue and white: its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)
Sliver spells you cast have cascade.
Reference price of the card: €27.92
Average lands in decks for The First Sliver: 36
SliversCascadeAggroComboMidrangeRampTokensAnthems
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The list people actually play (the 99 most-included cards, with its average land count), simulated with the EDH Optimizer engine: hands, mulligans, lands, curve and commander. It does not model opponents; it measures whether the plan gets going.
Deck health of the average list: C+ (65/100)
- Consistency88
- Speed63
- Interaction29
- Resilience74
- Closing63
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 36 lands (26 nonbasic, 2 Plains, 2 Island, 1 Swamp, 2 Mountain, 3 Forest)
Gemhide Sliver · Cloudshredder Sliver · Manaweft Sliver · Sliver Hivelord · Harmonic Sliver · Bonescythe Sliver · Crystalline Sliver · Arcane Signet · Sentinel Sliver · Sol Ring · Shifting Sliver · Syphon Sliver · Galerider Sliver · Venom Sliver · Diffusion Sliver · Sliver Legion · Quick Sliver · Striking Sliver · Spiteful Sliver · Hibernation Sliver · Thrumming Hivepool · Crypt Sliver · Brood Sliver · Necrotic Sliver · Sinew Sliver · Synapse Sliver · Lavabelly Sliver · Sliver Overlord · Farseek · Chromatic Lantern · Sliver Gravemother · Winged Sliver · Two-Headed Sliver · Predatory Sliver · Herald's Horn · Heart Sliver · Root Sliver · Hatchery Sliver · Megantic Sliver · Muscle Sliver · Morophon, the Boundless · Blur Sliver · Constricting Sliver · Virulent Sliver · Lazotep Sliver · Homing Sliver · Cultivate · Swords to Plowshares · Nature's Lore · Realmwalker · Horned Sliver · Vanquisher's Banner · Fellwar Stone · Three Visits · Might Sliver · Kindred Discovery · Reflections of Littjara · Essence Sliver · Sliver Queen · Heroic Intervention · Distant Melody · Descendants' Path · Pulmonic Sliver · Command Tower · Exotic Orchard · Sliver Hive · Path of Ancestry · Unclaimed Territory · Secluded Courtyard · Cavern of Souls · Breeding Pool · Stomping Ground · Temple Garden · Overgrown Tomb · Windswept Heath · Hallowed Fountain · Watery Grave · Godless Shrine · Steam Vents · Wooded Foothills · Sacred Foundry · Misty Rainforest · Blood Crypt · Flooded Strand · Verdant Catacombs · Polluted Delta · Arid Mesa · Marsh Flats · Scalding Tarn
🃏 Recommended cards for The First Sliver
The highest-synergy cards in decks for The First Sliver, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Cloudshredder Sliver | 90% | +84% |
| Sliver Hivelord | 89% | +83% |
| Gemhide Sliver | 90% | +83% |
| Manaweft Sliver | 89% | +82% |
| Harmonic Sliver | 84% | +78% |
| Crystalline Sliver | 82% | +77% |
| Bonescythe Sliver | 82% | +77% |
| Sentinel Sliver | 81% | +76% |
| Galerider Sliver | 79% | +74% |
| Syphon Sliver | 79% | +74% |
| Shifting Sliver | 79% | +74% |
| Diffusion Sliver | 78% | +73% |
| Venom Sliver | 78% | +73% |
| Sliver Legion | 76% | +71% |
| Spiteful Sliver | 70% | +66% |
| Striking Sliver | 70% | +66% |
| Quick Sliver | 70% | +65% |
| Hibernation Sliver | 68% | +64% |
| Crypt Sliver | 67% | +63% |
| Sliver Hive | 67% | +63% |
| Thrumming Hivepool | 67% | +62% |
| Necrotic Sliver | 65% | +61% |
| Brood Sliver | 65% | +61% |
| Sinew Sliver | 63% | +59% |
💰 The best cards for your The First Sliver deck, by budget
Three tiers based on the maximum price PER CARD you are willing to pay. Paste your list and hit Optimize: you pick that cap and the AI only suggests swaps that fit under it.
Tier 1 · Budget up to €2/card
The most value for almost nothing. Coming from a precon? Start here.
- Gemhide Sliver
- Manaweft Sliver
- Harmonic Sliver
- Crystalline Sliver
- Sentinel Sliver
- Shifting Sliver
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Cloudshredder Sliver
- Sliver Hivelord
- Bonescythe Sliver
- Galerider Sliver
- Syphon Sliver
- Synapse Sliver
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Sliver Legion
- Sliver Hive
- Sliver Overlord
- Sliver Gravemother
- Sliver Queen
- Cavern of Souls
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with The First Sliver
- Demonic Consultation + Thassa's Oracle → Exile your library, Win the game
- Tainted Pact + Thassa's Oracle → Win the game
- Underworld Breach + Lotus Petal + Brain Freeze → Infinite self-mill, Near-infinite magecraft triggers, Near-infinite mill
- Underworld Breach + Lion's Eye Diamond + Brain Freeze → Infinite self-mill, Near-infinite colored mana, Near-infinite magecraft triggers, Near-infinite mill, Near-infinite storm count
- Food Chain + Squee, the Immortal → Infinite colored mana that can only be spent to cast creature spells, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite storm count
- The World Tree + Maskwood Nexus → Put all creature cards from your library onto the battlefield
👥 Community decks with The First Sliver
Full decklists published by players on EDH Optimizer, with their analysis, bracket and health. Clone them to your account and optimize them for free.
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Frequently asked questions
What is The First Sliver's color identity?
The First Sliver is black, green, red, blue and white: its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones. Color identity comes from every mana symbol on the card, including those in the rules text, not just the casting cost.
What turn does The First Sliver come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average The First Sliver deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 36 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 5.2 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 88 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 27 % of the time and floods 9 %. Deck health: C+ (65/100).
How many lands should a The First Sliver deck run?
Real The First Sliver decks run 36 lands on average. That is a starting point, not a rule: a lower curve can shave one or two, big-mana builds want more. The EDH Optimizer simulator tells you, over 10,000 games, how often you get mana screwed or flooded with your exact count.
What are the best cards for The First Sliver?
The three highest-synergy cards are Cloudshredder Sliver, Sliver Hivelord, Gemhide Sliver. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in The First Sliver decks.
What combos does The First Sliver have?
The First Sliver has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Demonic Consultation + Thassa's Oracle. Note that two-card combos raise your deck's bracket, so it is worth knowing which ones you are running before you sit down.
How much does a The First Sliver deck cost?
You can start cheap: Gemhide Sliver, Manaweft Sliver, Harmonic Sliver are under €2 each. The "Level up" section on this page splits the best cards into three price caps PER CARD (up to €2, up to €10 and no cap), and the optimizer only suggests swaps that fit the cap you pick.