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BMoor's Magic The Gathering
Deck Garage
Joshua
hakala <speedyaxon@hotmail.com>
wrote:
Quite a deck you've got here, Josh. Slivers play out like no other type of deck (except maybe Hondens). It can be frustrating not to get out all your favorite Slivers, and it can be even more frustrating to fit them all into a deck, but the most important thing to remember about Slivers is that they are exponential. You may have visions of getting a Sliver smorgasboard out, but you can usually win with only four or five, if they're the right ones. So, which Slivers are the right ones? Upon searching Gatherer, the cream of the crop appear to be:
Winged
Muscle
Crystalline
Brood
Synapse
Acidic
Clot
Plated
Ward
Queen
Overlord
And
that's
just
counting
the ones
that are
already
in your
deck.
Other
noteworthy
Slivers
include:
Blade
Hibernation
Hunter
Shifting
Metallic
The
Metallic
Sliver
is especially
worth
using simply
because
it is
colorless,
and thus
allows
you to
at least
get a
creature
out on
the
board
regardless
of what
color
mana you
draw.
Also in
this
vein is
Sliver-by-choice
Proteus
Machine,
who is
wonderful
at both
assuming
the
traits
of a
Sliver
at
instant
speed as
well as
tricking
your
opponent.
I think
your
best bet
is four
copies
of
Metallic,
three
copies
each of
Blade,
Muscle,
and
Plated
Slivers
(since
Muscle,
Blade,
and
Plated
are the
only
ones
with
cumulative
abilities),
and then
one copy
each of
all the
others
(as many
as you
can make
room
for).
If mana
becomes
an
issue,
add
Proteus
Machine
at your
discretion.
Now, as
for your
noncreature
spells.
Three
Eladamri's
Call is
a
must-have
(that
and the
Sliver
Overlord
are the
only
reasons
I'm
letting
you get
away
with so
many
one-ofs
in your
Sliver
list).
Mana
Echoes/Sliver
Queen
sounds
like a
great
combo,
but one
copy of
each is
alright
since
you'd
only
need it
as a
last
resort.
My issue
is with
Serra's
Embrace,
Fog, and
Harrow.
You
simply
don't
put
Auras on
Slivers;
most of
them
come
with
their
own.
Fog may
have its
applications,
but I
don't
think
you'll
need it
often
enough
to
justify
what
these
slots
might
be. And
Harrow
is
alright,
but I
have a
better
idea in
mind.
Replace
all four
of these
cards
with
four
copies
of
Fellwar
Stone.
Since
you use
all five
colors,
Fellwar
Stone
will
always
provide
mana you
can
use.
And it's
colorless,
so it'll
never
get
stuck in
hand as
you wait
for a
Forest.
It's
just
about
the most
efficient
mana
producer
in
five-color
decks
that
you'll
ever
find.
Everything
else
seems
fine.
Excellent
use of
Mirrodin's
Core.
Best of
luck to
you!
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